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Figure 4.; Assessment timeline.
Michelle Wong,
Peter E. Copp, and
Daniel A. Haas
Figure 4.
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Assessment timeline.


Airway Assessment for Office Sedation/Anesthesia
Morton B. RosenbergDMD and
James C. PheroDMD
Article Category: Other
Volume/Issue: Volume 62: Issue 2
Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015
DOI: 10.2344/0003-3006-62.2.74
Page Range: 74 – 80

A thorough and focused assessment of the airway prior to the planned administration of moderate sedation or deep sedation/general anesthesia (GA) is of vital importance. Over the years, studies of closed claims have focused on the association of respiratory and airway issues with mortality and severe morbidity in hospital and off-site locations. 1 – 3 The Closed Claims Project of the American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) evaluated adverse anesthetic outcomes obtained from the closed claim files of 35 U.S. liability insurance companies

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Michelle WongDDS, MSc,
Peter E. CoppDDS, BScD, and
Daniel A. HaasDDS, PhD
Article Category: Research Article
Volume/Issue: Volume 62: Issue 4
Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2015
Page Range: 140 – 152

extractions. 13 – 15 However, for unknown reasons, the impact of these studies has been slow to permeate into clinical knowledge and translate into clinical intervention. Postoperative pain is often a new experience for young children. The complexity of interpreting and verbalizing pain may be convoluted further by unfamiliar postoperative sensations from general anesthesia (GA), surgical site discomfort, and disorientation. The recovery period after surgery may require formal assessments of pain in this population. Our literature review identified 6

Daniel E. Becker and
Daniel A. Haas
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The primary assessment. Components of a primary assessment and conditions they reveal.


Daniel E. Becker and
Daniel A. Haas
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Components of a primary assessment and conditions they reveal.


Michelle Wong,
Peter E. Copp, and
Daniel A. Haas
Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Patient flow diagram.


Michelle Wong,
Peter E. Copp, and
Daniel A. Haas
Figure 2.
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Comparison between Faces Pain Scale (top) and Faces Pain Scale-Revised (bottom).


Michelle Wong,
Peter E. Copp, and
Daniel A. Haas
Figure 3.
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Parents' postoperative pain measure.


Michelle Wong,
Peter E. Copp, and
Daniel A. Haas
Figure 5.
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Faces Pain Scale-Revised versus time.


Michelle Wong,
Peter E. Copp, and
Daniel A. Haas
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Parents' postoperative pain measure versus time.