Pentobarbital vs chloral hydrate for sedation of children undergoing MRI: Efficacy and recovery characteristics

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 589-595

  Malviya, Shobha ^a   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a   Tait, Alan R ^a   Reynolds, Paul I ^a   Gujar, Sachin K ^a   Gebarski, Stephen S ^a   Eldevik, O Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloral hydrate; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sedation: Pentobarbital

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SEDATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042727182     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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