PUBLICATIONS

publications, policy statements, & methodology

Publications

• Procedural sedation: Providing the missing definition. Anaesthesia 2021; 76:598-601.
• An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on fasting before procedural sedation in adults and children. Anaesthesia 2020;75:374-385.
• Tracking and reporting outcomes of procedural sedation (TROOPS): Standardized quality improvement and research tools from the International Committee for the Advancement of Procedural Sedation. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2018; 120:164-172.

Policy statements

• Definition for the Practice of Procedural Sedation, adopted June 1, 2020
• Minimum, Required Skill Sets for Procedural Sedation, adopted March 4, 2019
• Multidisciplinary Leadership in Sedation, adopted 2016, updated and reaffirmed February 18, 2021
• Defining Sedation Competencies Using Skill Sets, adopted 2016, updated and reaffirmed June 1, 2021
• Preference for “Sedation Practitioner” Over “Non-Anesthesiologists” In Sedation Guidelines and Documents, adopted 2016, updated and reaffirmed January 29, 2022

Methodology

• ICAPS uses the Nominal Group Technique and the Delphi Method to formulate and update its agenda, and to achieve consensus generation on specific projects.
• This is accomplished in most circumstances specifically with sequential, anonymized questionnaires.