PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jennifer A Freeston
AU  - Alexis Leal
AU  - Alasdair Gray
TI  - Procedural sedation and recall in the emergency department: the relationship between depth of sedation and patient recall and satisfaction (a pilot study)
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2010.092916
DP  - 2012 Aug 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 670--672
VI  - 29
IP  - 8
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/29/8/670.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/29/8/670.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2012 Aug 01; 29
AB  - This study aimed to determine the prevalence of patient recall and its relationship between sedation depth, pain and patient satisfaction in a sample of patients receiving procedural sedation in the emergency department. Recall, pain and patient satisfaction were measured on a scale of 0–10 and sedation depth a scale of 1–4 (American Society of Anesthesiologists sedation scale). Spearman's correlation test showed sedation depth was significantly related to recall (Spearman's ρ = −0.511, p<0.05) specifically with midazolam use (ρ = −0.857, p<0.01). Increased recall was associated with higher pain scores (ρ = 0.683, p<0.001) and lower patient satisfaction (ρ = −0.785, p<0.001).