Paeds Flashcards
What is RA?
It is relative analgesia
What do you need to realise about RA?
RA is not a magic bullet as behaviour management skills are still essential.
What is conscious sedations?
It is when the patient maintain airways independently and continuously.
You have intact pharyngeal and laryngeal relfex
What are the goals of RA?
- Facilitate the provision of quality care
- Minimise the extremes of disruptive behaviour
- Decrease anxiety
- Promote patient welbeing and safety
- Return the patient to a psychological state in which safe discharge is possible
What are the indications of RA?
- Anxious patient
- Older children with poor dental experiences
- Complex or long procedures
- Child with special needs
- Fear of needles
- To aid analgesia
- Increased gage reflex
- AND MEDICALLY FIT ASA I AND ASA II
What are the pharmacology of nitrous oxide?
It has very low solubility in blood. It is absorbed rapidly through the pulmonary alveoli and enters the serum. It acts on the cental nervous system through crossing blood brain barrier. Peak effect achieved within 3-5 minutes. Rapid and complete recovery.
What are physiological effects of nitrous oxide?
- CNS euphoric and depressant effect
- Still responds to instruction
- Children are more relaxed and feel happier
What is the theory behind the work of the RA?
Maybe the GABAA receptors or opioid receptors f the CNS.
What are the adverse effects of RA?
Mostly associated with overdose! Following:
- Nausea or vomiting
- Sleep
- Visual disturbance
- Excessive laughing
- Sweating
What are the signs of over-sedation?
- Detachment/dissociation
- Dreaming, hallcination or fantasizing
- Out of body experiences
- Floating or flying
- Inability to move
- Humming
What to do if you feel like you overdoing the RA?
- Slow induction
- Keep N2O concentration below 50%
- Reduce N2O concentration slowly
- Monitor patent closely
What the 3 purposes of reservoir bag?
- Provide a source of additional gas should the patient inspire more gas than is being supplied ◦
- Provides a mechanism for monitoring the patient’s respiration (watch the expansion and contraction of the bag) and for adjusting the flow (not too stretched or collapsed)
- Functions in an emergency as a method of providing positive pressure oxygen
What do you need to do before RA?
- Parents must sign a consent form
- Make sure equipment is set up properly BEFORE the patient comes in
- Patient must cooperate
What is the difference between slow vs rapid induction?
Slow – best suited for inexperienced operators. Increase from 0-30% in 10% intervals every 1 minutes
Rapid – better for young children – jump to higher concertation
What is the technique to get the patient to get off the RA?
5 minutes of pure oxygen
What do you put in a patient record for RA?
- Signed consent form
- Indication of use
- Nitrous oxide dosage
- Patient response
Why do we start in the waiting room to meet the child?
- First impression matter
- Assessment of the child’s behaviour
- To greet the child
- To compliment a child in order to build rapport
How to talk to a child?
- Act natural
- Make an effort
- Find the point of ice breaking such as compliments, pets or school
What are the process of basic examination for children?
- Get their chief concerns
- Take a useful history – utilise the parent and the child
- Past medical history – are there complciations in the child hood or dental development – tell tutor
- Past dental history – attendance patterns, past caries rate, diet, oral hygiene
- Social history – who is looking after the kid, are there any syblings?
- Exam – extra and intraoral, teeth present, restorations, CPI and caries risk
- Other findings – tooth wear, hypomin, dental anomalies, dental development anomalies and occlusion – know histological staging, calcification time, eruption times in both primary and permanent dentitions
- Practice appropriate and effective communication between the child and yourself and parent and yourself
What are contraindication for RA
Pulmonary heart disease
Sever asthma
Blocked nose
Refusal to breathe through nose
CNS disease
Otitis media or middle year disturbance/surgery - only active
Claustrophobia
GI issues
Cystic fibrosis
How do you administer RA?
Use slow induction technique – from zero to desired 10% at a time per minute
Keep N2O concentration below 50%
Reduce concentration N2O
If patient falls asleep, turn O2 to 100%
Avoid fluctuations
Monitor patient closely
Use 100% of oxygen for 5 minutes at the end of the session
What is the equipment for the nitrous oxide machine?
- Gas delivery machine – continuous flow of O2 and N2O, minimum 2.5L/minute, for children 4-5/L
- Nasal hood – various sizes and flavours
- Inflatable bag – provide source of additional gas, mechanisms for patient respiration, in emergency used as a method of providing positive pressure oxygen
- Scavenging system – to trap experied gas by the patient
- O2 flush valve – in emergency to provide jet ventilation, can cause barotrauma
What sould we record in RA notes?
- Signed informed consent
- Indications of Use
- Nitrous oxide dosage in percent of N2O and O2 with flow rates and duration of the procedure
- Patient response
Is it a legal requirement for a dentist to report child abuse?
Yes