Adverse event reporting tool to standardize the reporting and tracking of adverse events during procedural sedation: a consensus document from the World SIVA International Sedation Task Force.

K. P. Mason; Keira P. Mason; S. M. Green; Q. Piacevoli; International Sedation Task Force

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Adverse event reporting tool to standardize the reporting and tracking of adverse events during procedural sedation: a consensus document from the World SIVA International Sedation Task Force.

January 25, 2012

Mason KP, Mason KP, Green SM, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2012;108(1):13-20.

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This commentary describes the development of standardized terminology for sedation-related adverse events.

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