Efficacy and safety of rectal thiopental, intramuscular cocktail and rectal midazolam for sedation in children undergoing neuroimaging

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 628-634

  Alp, Handan ^a   Orbak, Zerrin ^a,b   Güler, Ibrahim ^a   Altinkaynak, Sevin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intramuscular modified cocktail; Neuroimaging; Pediatric sedation; Rectal midazolam; Rectal thiopental

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; MALEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE; THIOPENTAL;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORPROMAZINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEPERIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENIRAMINE; THIOPENTAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 0036432977     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2002.01629.x     Document Type: Article

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