Comparison of oral pentobarbital sodium (Nembutal) and oral chloral hydrate for sedation of infants during radiologic imaging: Preliminary results

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1125-1128

  Rooks, Veronica J ^a,b   Chung, Taylor ^a,c   Connor, Linda ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Hoffer, Frederic A ^a,d   Mason, Keira P ^a   Burrows, Patricia E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLAVOR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STRIDOR; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0037379458     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.4.1801125     Document Type: Article

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