What is m.a.c. anesthesia?

Deep sedation: Mac stands for "monitored anesthesia care". This is where the anesthesiologist will keep you very sedated during a procedure using a variety of drugs, but the sedation will be short of a general anesthetic where you have a tube down your throat breathing for you. You will still be breathing on your own, but unconscious for the procedure. Common drugs used for this are Propofol or versed.

MAC: Monitored anesthesia care, which requires certain monitors, available oxygen , ambu bag and licensed anesthesia provider.

See below: Mac stands for monitored anesthesia care. It is a continuum of anesthetic care that goes from slight sedation up until an almost full general anesthetic.

MAC anesthesia: Mac is an acronym for monitored anesthesia care. This implies that the patient is monitored by a board certified anesthesiologist, or board cert. Nurse anesthetist under the supervision of an anesthesiologist. There are varying degrees of sedation, from light, to mod. And deep. This will vary with the complexity of the case, and patient pref.Patient is fully monitored, ecg, bp, capnography, pulse ox.