A comparative study of midazolam to meperidine/promethazine as an IM sedative technique for the pediatric dental patient

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-200

  Downs, Angela Templeton ^a   Dembo, Jeffrey ^a,b   Ferretti, Gerald ^c   Lyons, Teresa Dawahare ^d   Pelphery, Al ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Meperidine promethazine; Midazolam

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MEPERIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROMETHAZINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031133012     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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