Round and round we go: Sedation - What is it, who does it, and have we made things safer for children?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Coté, Charles J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

CHILD SAFETY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LARYNX SPASM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; CHILD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CREDENTIALING; DENTISTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; KETAMINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249067742     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02403.x     Document Type: Editorial

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