Sedation for peritonsillar abscess drainage in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-3

  Luhmann, Jan D ^a   Kennedy, Robert M ^a   McAllister, John D ^a   Jaffe, David M ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Peritonsillar abscess; Sedation

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PETHIDINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; SEDATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036181460     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200202000-00001     Document Type: Article

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