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New guidelines for sedating children
Doctors, dentists need training to act quickly in case of emergency
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 CHICAGO - Doctors and dentists who sedate young patients need to monitor them closely for problems and have the tools and training to act quickly in case of emergency, according to updated guidelines issued Monday. The guidelines are meant to prevent injuries and rare deaths such as that of 5-year-old Diamond Brownridge, a Chicago girl who never awoke from sedation after a Sept. 23 visit to a storefront dental clinic. With more diagnostic and surgical procedures being performed outside hospitals, and with dentists seeing more young children with serious dental problems, the need for training is great, said Dr. Stephen Wilson, a pediatric dentist in Cincinnati who helped write the guidelines for the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. The guidelines, which appear in December's issue of the journal Pediatrics, have been under review for several years and were not written in response to the Chicago girl's death, the presidents of both groups said. The guidelines include assessing children for sedation risk factors, keeping size-appropriate resuscitation tools on hand and employing enough trained staff to monitor sedated patients. Attorneys for the girl's parents welcomed the changes. "They're sending a message to dentists that if you don't know what you're doing, don't do it," Jeffrey Kroll, an attorney for the girl's parents. "If you don't have the appropriate equipment, don't do it." | Click for related content |
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