Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Sedation of Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Mace, Sharon E ^a   Brown, Lance A ^a   Francis, Lisa ^a   Godwin, Steven A ^a   Hahn, Sigrid A ^a   Howard, Patricia Kunz ^a   Kennedy, Robert M ^a   Mooney, David P ^a   Sacchetti, Alfred D ^a   Wears, Robert L ^a   Clark, Randall M ^a  

^a EMSC Panel (Writing Committee) on Critical Issues in the Sedation of Pediatric Patients in the Emerg

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION;

EID: 40849102506     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.001     Document Type: Review

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