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Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 598593, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/598593
Clinical Study

Office-Based Deep Sedation for Pediatric Ophthalmologic Procedures Using a Sedation Service Model

Kirk Lalwani,1,2 Matthew Tomlinson,3 Jeffrey Koh,1,2 and David Wheeler1,2

1Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-operative Medicine and Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
2Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
3Legacy Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA

Received 9 November 2011; Revised 4 January 2012; Accepted 10 January 2012

Academic Editor: Mohamed Naguib

Copyright © 2012 Kirk Lalwani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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