Re: Anesthesia is optional, right?

I will admit to now knowing much IV sedation: that been said, it does not
matter in the US whether you use a single drug or a cocktail, your
malpractice zooms
"letsconnect" <letsconnect@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Single-drug IV sedation is very safe. I've heard that malpractice
insurance is pretty costly in the US though. It would be good if the
rates of malpractice insurance for straightforward single-drug
(midazolam) conscious IV sedation were a lot lower than for
potentially more dangerous "mixers", to reflect the actual risk
involved. That might make IV sedation more easily available, more
attractive to dentists, and maybe cut down on the use of GA.


On Dec 26, 2:46 am, "Jeffrey Krantz" <dr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
General anesthesia is not a requirement most of the time. THAT having
been
said, some patients will not tolerate procedures so as a matter of
comfort
they are "put to sleep". Unfortunately, that extra cost is not in order
to
make a profit for the doctor, but to cover the malpractice insurance.

In the NYC area, I [who do not do general anesthesia] pay about 5K year
for
malpractice insurance. If I was to do general in my office, that number
goes
up to 32K/year. Guess who pays the difference??



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