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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2005 5(3):101-103; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mki027
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain | Volume 5 Number 3 2005 © The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia [2005]. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org

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54. The following factors predispose to arrhythmias during anaesthesia for dentistry:
  1. Adenotonsillar hypertrophy.
  2. I.V. induction.
  3. Sevoflurane anaesthesia.
  4. Hypercarbia.
  5. Stimulation of the facial nerve.

55. Conscious sedation:
  1. Is adequate once verbal contact with the patient is lost.
  2. May be achieved via the trans-nasal route.
  3. Is most safely achieved using a combination of two different drugs in order to achieve a synergistic effect.
  4. May only be administered by an anaesthetist on the specialist register of the General Medical Council.
  5. Should only be considered where general anaesthesia is contraindicated.

56. The following may increase the chance of aspiration under a general anaesthetic for dental extraction:
  1. The supine position.
  2. Placement of an oropharyngeal pack.
  3. The use of a gag or bite-block.
  4. Extreme patient anxiety.
  5. Recovery from anaesthesia in a head-up tilt position.

57. Dental extraction may be most appropriately performed under conscious sedation in the following patients:
  1. A patient with known allergy to local . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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