Dexmedetomidine for pediatric MRI sedation: A review of a series of cases

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 888-892

  Heard, Christopher M B ^a,c   Joshi, Prashant ^b   Johnson, Kristin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Dexmedetomidine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Sedation

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEDATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROPOFOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547691502     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02272.x     Document Type: Article

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