What does MAC stand for?

As of April 1, the Hartford-based insurer plans to continue to routinely cover moderate sedation, but limit coverage of so-called monitored anesthesia care by an anesthesiologist to patients who are at higher risk due to illness or other complications.

Patients and physicians agree that the safest and most comfortable colonoscopy is delivered with monitored anesthesia care (MAC) provided by a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) or other anesthesia professional.

Local anesthesia with monitored anesthesia care vs general anesthesia in thyroidectomy: a randomized study.

MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE With advances in modern medical technology, there has been a change in the provision in anesthesia services from the traditional anesthetic to a combination of local, regional, and certain mind-altering drugs.

Consistent with standard medical practice, the four foundational trials were conducted without monitored anesthesia care (MAC) sedation, and study drugs were administered by medical personnel as dictated by local investigative site guidelines.

The company currently markets DIPRIVAN(R) (propofol) Injectable Emulsion, a sedative hypnotic for the induction and maintenance of anesthesia and monitored anesthesia care, and recently submitted regulatory packages in the US and UK for SEROQUEL(TM) (quetiapine), a new oral atypical antipsychotic medication discovered and developed by Zeneca Pharmaceuticals for the management of the manifestations of psychotic disorders.