Ophthalmology
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To determine the need for monitored anesthesia care in cataract surgery by evaluating the incidence of intervention by anesthesia personnel and by looking for associated risk factors. ⋯ Because intervention is required in more than one third of cataract surgery cases and the authors cannot reliably predict those patients at risk, monitored anesthesia care seems justified in cataract surgery with the patient under local anesthesia.