Emerging trends of sedation during regional anesthesia

Abstract

Regional anesthesia is commonly used technique for various surgical procedures to provide excellent intraoperative surgical conditions and postoperative analgesia with few limitations like awareness during surgery. But judicious use of sedation these days has markedly increased patient’s comfort and acceptance towards RA. This review has discussed emerging trends in use of sedation during RA with first section highlighting the advantages of RA and need for sedation during RA. We have also discussed various techniques used to deliver sedation to patients and methods for assessment of sedation during RA. A brief review regarding current status of different drugs used for sedation during RA is also provided.