Non-IV sedation eases anxiety for patients undergoing cataract surgery

NEW YORK — Patients who received sublingual anesthesia prior to cataract surgery had less anxiety than those who underwent an intravenous form of anesthesia for cataract surgery, according to a presenter here.“Sublingual sedation approaches decrease the need for IVs. You get a predictable dosing, ...it allows a sublingual administration, patients really like it, and you get a little bit better focusing on the light and a ketamine stare,” John P. Berdahl, MD, said at the OSN New York meeting.