

The role of, and credentialing required by, anaesthesiologists and practitioners performing PSA has been debated for years in different guidelines.

: Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) has become a widespread practice given the increasing demand to relieve anxiety, discomfort and pain during invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. 3 Co-chairman of the ESA/EBA taskforce for procedural sedation and analgesia guidelines in adults.2 Chairman of the ESA/EBA taskforce for procedural sedation and analgesia guidelines in adults.†Co-chairman of the ESA/EBA taskforce for procedural sedation and analgesia guidelines in adults. Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Carel, CHRU Nancy, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France (TFB) and Karl Landsteiner Institute for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Vienna, Austria (RF) *Chairman of the ESA/EBA taskforce for procedural sedation and analgesia guidelines in adults. 1 From the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (JH), Anaesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (ML), Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Lund University Faculty of Medicine, Malmö, Sweden (JA), Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (JS,JC), Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy (EDR), Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Sein, Paris, France (DL), Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia (VNJ), Perioperative Medicine, Pain Therapy, RRS and Intensive Care Department, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy (FP), Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (MMRFS), Anesthésie, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Lille (FV), Fuchs-Buder T.
