Anesthetist Controlled Versus Patient-controlled Sedation: Risks and Benefits
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2021-02-24
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Perioperative anxiety has many hazards and should be eliminated. Patients undergoing
ophthalmologic procedures often undergo it under local anesthesia. In a trial to improve
patients' satisfaction sedation is given. Sedation could be given either by an anesthetist or
patient-controlled methods. This study compared both methods of sedation in terms of safety,
depth of sedation, and patient satisfaction.