Effect of helical CT on the frequency of sedation in pediatric patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1001-1003

  Kaste, S C ^a,b   Young, C W ^a   Holmes, T P ^a   Baker, D K ^a,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG COST; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030910669     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.4.9124104     Document Type: Article

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