Analysis of urgent/emergent conversions from monitored anesthesia care to general anesthesia with airway instrumentation

Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) is an anesthetic service involving the titration of sedatives/ analgesics to achieve varying levels of sedation while avoiding general anesthesia (GA) and airway instrumentation. The goal of our study was to determine the overall incidence of conversion from MAC to general anesthesia with airway instrumentation and elucidate reasons and risk factors for conversion.