Sedated ABR, ListServ Summary, Nov 2024
Rehab administrators answer questions regarding Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Testing. IPRC archives information collected by the Pediatric Rehab Administrator’s ListServ as a public service to the entire Pediatric Rehabilitation Community. All information is posted in summary format and has been de-identified. Search through past queries for responses to rehabilitation related questions.
Original Question(s):
- # Audiology patients/month
- # Unsedated ABRs/month
- Proportion unsedated:all
- Sedated ABRs/month
- Proportion sedated:all
- Proportion sedated:all ABR
- Sedated ABR location
- Sedated ABR drug
- Notes
In summary, responding hospitals
- See 420-2100 patients per month
- Perform 12-117 unsedated ABRs per month (2-18% of volume)
- Perform 5 to 124 sedated ABRs per month (0.2-15% of volume/5-51% of ABR volume)
- See patients in procedural units and the OR, as well as radiology, clinic and outpatient surgery centers
- Use propofol, precedex, versed, or other sedatives
Summary of Responses (de-identified)