Sedation: a guide to patient management

Sedation in dentistry: a historic perspective -- Pain and anxiety in dentistry -- Introduction to sedation -- The spectrum of pain and anxiety control -- Physical and psychological evaluation -- Monitoring during sedation -- Nondrug techniques : iatrosedation and hypnosis -- Oral sedation -- Rectal sedation -- Sublingual, transdermal, and intranasal sedation -- Intramuscular sedation -- Inhalation sedation : historical perspective -- Inhalation sedation : rationale -- Pharmacology, anatomy, and physiology -- Inhalation sedation equipment -- Inhalation sedation : techniques of administration -- Inhalation sedation : complications -- Contemporary issues surrounding nitrous oxide -- Practical considerations -- Teaching inhalation sedation : history and present guidelines -- Intravenous sedation : historical perspective -- Intravenous moderate sedation : rationale -- Armamentarium -- Anatomy for venipuncture -- Venipuncture technique -- Pharmacology -- Intravenous moderate sedation : techniques of administration -- Intravenous sedation : complications -- Practical considerations -- Guidelines for teaching -- Fundamentals of general anesthesia -- Armamentarium, drugs, and techniques -- Preparation for emergencies -- Emergency drugs and equipment -- Management of emergencies -- The pediatric patient -- The geriatric patient -- The medically compromised patient -- The physically compromised patient -- Neurologic illnesses and other conditions -- Medicolegal considerations -- The controversial development of anesthesiology in dentistry."