Propofol Patient-Controlled Sedation Using Perfusor® fm (B. Braun, Germany) Infusion Pump in Dental Patients-Preliminary Study

Abstract

Background: Patient-controlled sedation (PCS) has been known for a safe and effective sedative method on the same pharmacological concepts of patient-controlled analgesia. Many different kinds of infusion devices have been used but they often have too long nominal infusion rate and lockout time. Perfuser Ⓡ fm (B. Braun, Germany) is a new PCA device with 999.9 ml/hr nominal infusion rate and