Pediatric sedation outside the operating room: The year in review

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 442-446

  Twite, Mark D ^a   Friesen, Robert H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Guidelines; Monitoring; Propofol; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ASPIRATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 23044462926     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000168331.11853.03     Document Type: Review

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