Subcutaneous administration of fentanyl and midazolam to prevent withdrawal after prolonged sedation in children

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2262-2265

  Tobias, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Fentanyl, in children; Mechanical ventilation; Midazolam, in children; Opioids; Respiratory failure; Sedation; Subcutaneous; Tolerance; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FENTANYL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MIDAZOLAM; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032709194     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199910000-00033     Document Type: Article

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