Monitored Anesthesia Care

Adequate sedation and analgesia are important parts of many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Various levels of sedation and analgesia (anesthesia) may be used, depending on the patient’s condition and the procedure being performed. Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) refers to a set of physician services, not a particular level of sedation. The services include the ability to convert a patient to general anesthesia (if needed) and to intervene in the event a patient’s airway becomes compromised.