Conscious sedation reduces distress in children undergoing voiding cystourethrography and does not interfere with the diagnosis of vesicouteric reflux: A randomized controlled study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1621-1626

  Herd, David W ^a   McAnulty, Kim A ^a   Keene, Natalie A ^b   Sommerville, Diane E ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conscious sedation; Groningen Distress Rating Scale; Midazolam; Pediatric radiology; Urinary tract; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRONINGEN DISTRESS RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; RADIOGRAPHY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 33751215262     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1216     Document Type: Article

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