Questions unanswered: Propofol use in the pediatric intensive care unit

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 248-252

  Pate, Mary Frances D ^a   Steelman, Robert ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PROPOFOL;

CHILD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG MONITORING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROPOFOL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 38449123409     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AACN.0000284424.32966.57     Document Type: Review

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