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Intravenous sedation is a valuable adjunct during surgery under regional anaesthesia, since the availability of more recent sedative agents and more sophisticated application systems were introduced into clinical practice. With this improved background it has been possible to perform an ever-increasing variety of surgical procedures under loco-regional anaesthesia. The advantages of local anaesthetic techniques include the preservation of protective airway reflexes, residual postoperative analgesia, and the avoidance of side-effects associated with general anaesthesia, for example respiratory and cardio-vascular depression, postoperative nausea and vomiting or drowsiness.
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Holas, A. (2003). Sedation for Locoregional Anaesthesia. In: Vuyk, J., Schraag, S. (eds) Advances in Modelling and Clinical Application of Intravenous Anaesthesia. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 523. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9192-8_14
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