Mason's Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room: A Multispecialty International Collaboration Fourth Edition 2025 Edition

This thoroughly updated new edition serves as the premier and only multi-specialty international textbook which explores all areas of pediatric sedation outside the operating room.

Following the successful structure of previous editions, the book begins with the historical context of pediatric sedation field, the fundamentals and nuances of procedural sedation and pre-sedation assessments. Subsequent chapters compare sedation models and practices as distributed amongst the subspecialties over different continents and geographical locations. The textbooks concludes with an exploration of the standards and outcomes of safety practice in sedation, and prognosticates on the future of sedation.

Edited and authored by a multidisciplinary group of experts, Mason’s Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room, 4th Edition, is accessible to a diverse group of sedation providers from multi-specialties (physicians, dentists, nursing, pharmacist, hospital leadership, nurse anaesthetist) and an invaluable and necessary resource for sedation providers worldwide.

Keira P. Mason, MD

Department of Anesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Children’s Hospital Boston

Boston, MA

USA