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A Clear Position Would Be Desirable

Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107(44): 784; DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0784a

Sopport, K

Analgesia and Sedation for Painful Interventions in Children and Adolescents by Dr. med. Christoph Neuhäuser, DEAA, EDIC, PD Dr. med. Bendicht Wagner, PD Dr. med. Matthias Heckmann, Prof. Dr. med. Markus A. Weigand, Prof. Dr. med. Klaus-Peter Zimmer in volume 14/2010

Who should be allowed to administer analgesia and sedation in children? Pediatric anesthetists or pediatric intensivists (even without considering safety aspects applying to general anesthesia?) or non-anesthesiologists (considering these safety aspects?).

I would prefer a clear position statement on this topic and not a comment that can be interpreted at one’s convenience.

I would also be grateful if you could tell me how a non-anesthesiologist would have acquired comparable competencies to anesthesiologists (or pediatric anesthesiologists or intensivists) in terms of managing the special side effects and complications.

Finally, a comment on the legal consequences would be of great interest.

DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0784a

Dr. med. Karin Soppart

Wasserwerkstr. 1

48455 Bad Bentheim, Germany

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Neuhäuser C, Wagner B, Heckmann M, Wiegand MA, Zimmer KP: Analgesia and sedation for painful interventions in children and adolescents. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107(14): 241–7.

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