Procedural sedation and analgesia in the Emergency Department: What are the risks?

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 551-572

  Miller, Michael A ^a   Levy, Phillip ^b   Patel, Manish M ^c  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CIMETIDINE; CODEINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIAZEPAM; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; KETAMINE; KETOCONAZOLE; METHOHEXITAL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; AGITATION; AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC NEPHROPATHY; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATAXIA; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING DISORDER; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOTOXICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GLOTTIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFUSION; HEART WORK; HEMODYNAMICS; HICCUP; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STRIDOR; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VEIN DILATATION; VOMITING;

EID: 17044366162     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.12.016     Document Type: Review

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