Zielinska M, Bartkowska-Sniatkowska A, Becke K, Höhne C, Najafi N, Schaffrath E, Simic D, Vittinghoff M, Veyckemans F, Morton N. Safe Paediatric Procedural Sedation and Anagesia by Anaesthesiologists for elective procedures: a Clinical Practice Statement from the European Society for Pediatric Anaesthesiology. Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 Feb 21.

The growing number of medical procedures performed in children that require cooperation of patients, lack of movement, anxiolysis or/and analgesia triggers the increased need for procedural sedation. This document presents the consensus statement of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology about the principles connected with the safe management of procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) by anaesthesiologists for elective procedures in children. It does not aim to provide a legal statement on how and by whom PSA should be performed. The National Societies of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Ministries of Health could use this document to facilitate decision-making on how and by whom PSA in children should be performed in their countries. All rights reserved.