The WorldSIVA International Sedation Task Force

This website is an initiative of the World Society of Intravenous Anaesthesia.

Members include sedation experts, for both adults and pediatrics. Specialties represented will include: Dental, Hospital, Emergency, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, and Intensive Care Medicine, as well as Anesthesiology / Anesthesia / Anaesthesia. Specialists from around the world with research and clinical expertise in sedation practice from all the major disciplines, continents and specialties will be represented.

Keira P. Mason, MD C.V. Chairman Anesthesiology Pediatrics Children's Hospital Boston UNITED STATES	Steven M. Green, MD C.V. Co-Chair Emergency Medicine Adult Loma Linda Medical Center UNITED STATES

Riku Aantaa, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Pediatric Turku University FINLAND	Yaseen Arabi, MD C.V. Intensive Care Medicine Adult King Abdulaziz Medical City KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA	Fabio Azzeri, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Adult San Filippo Neri Hospital ITALY	Egidio Barbi, MD C.V. Pediatrics Istituto per l'Infanzia Burlo Garofolo ITALY	Douglas W. Carlson, MD C.V. Hospital Medicine Adult/Pediatrics St. Louis Children's Hospital UNITED STATES

Paulo Costa, MD C.V. Pediatric Medicine Federal University of Goiás BRAZIL	Talmage D. Egan, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Adult University of Utah UNITED STATES	Nick Girdler, PhD, BDS,BSc Dental Anesthesiology Adult Newcastle Dental Hospital UNITED KINGDOM	David Gozal, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Pediatrics Haddasah Medical Center ISRAEL	Gregory Hammer, MD C.V. Intensive Care Medicine Anesthesia Pediatrics Stanford University UNITED STATES

Yuzuru Kaneko, DDS, PhD C.V. Dental Anesthesiology Adult Tokyo Dental College JAPAN	Baruch S. Krauss, MD C.V. Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Children's Hospital Boston UNITED STATES	John P. Kress, MD C.V. Intensive Care Medicine Adult University of Chicago Medical Center UNITED STATES	Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD C.V. Gastroenterology Pediatrics Children's Hospital Boston UNITED STATES	Michael Ramsay, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Adult/Pediatrics Baylor Research Institute UNITED STATES

Andrea Riphaus, MD C.V. Gastroenterology Adult Medical University Hospital GERMANY	James A. Roelofse, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Adult/Pediatrics University of the Western Cape AFRICA	Morton Rosenberg, DMD Dental Anesthesiology Adult Tufts University School of Dental Medicine UNITED STATES	Douglas Stewart, DMD Dental Anesthesiology Adult Westmead Centre AUSTRALIA	Mike Sury, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Pediatrics Great Ormond Street Hospital UNITED KINGDOM

John J. Vargo, MD C.V. Gastroenterology Adult Cleveland Clinic UNITED STATES	Stephen Wilson, DMD, MA, PhD C.V. Dental Pediatrics Cincinnati Children's Hospital UNITED STATES	Bo Yin, MD C.V. Anesthesiology Dental Adult/Pediatrics Beijing United Family Hospital CHINA

Currently, sedation worldwide is being practiced by providers representing a variety of specialties. Each specialty has various drugs, guidelines and recommendations. There is neither agreement nor consensus amongst the specialties worldwide with respect to sedation practice: including patient screening, documentation, monitoring, recovery, training and choice of sedation agents and routes of administration. Most importantly, the definition and identification of adverse events differs between specialties, individuals, institutions and countries. This lack of concensus and agreement makes it challenging to follow sedation practices, for both adults and children, amongst the specialties and around the globe.

To establish an International Consensus and produce a Sedation Monitoring Record which could be used for all specialties around the globe to record patient history and documentation during sedation and recovery. Most important the Task Force will reach a concensus on the terminology, definitions and identification of adverse events. These adverse events will be part of the Sedation Monitoring Record. This Sedation Monitoring Record would be applicable to both adult and pediatric sedation throughout all specialties.

The Sedation Monitoring Record could be recognized and adopted throughout the specialties, perhaps with elaboration if needed.
Using this Sedation Monitoring Record, inclusive of adverse events should they occur- this World SIVA initiative of introducing a globally recognized Sedation Monitoring Record could someday enable all the sedation data globally to be tracked in a single World SIVA database. This would be monumental, enabling the World SIVA Sedation Database to aggregate sedation data worldwide in a single database in order to identify common adverse events, potential risk factors and make recommendations for future safe practice. (For example-medical condition, drug, route of administration, sedation care provider, country, facility) This initiative would be entitled the World SIVA Global Sedation Database. Longer term initiatives may encompass development of guidelines, training and credentialing of sedation care providers as well as implementation of sedation practice.

Dr's Mason and Green will be accepting sample Sedation Monitoring Records.(Pediatric and Adult) The sample Sedation Monitoring Records will eventually be posted on this website, ANONYMOUS to institution. Country of origin WILL be noted. Should you prefer your sample to be reviewed by Task Force and not be posted, please note this upon forwarding the Sedation Monitoring Record. Otherwise, implicit agreement for posting for general access will be assumed. Please forward these samples to: Keira Mason keira.mason@yahoo.com or Steve Green steve@viridissimo.com