Sedation with oral chloral hydrate in children undergoing MRI scanning

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Low, E ^a,b   O'Driscoll, M ^a   MacEneaney, P ^a   O'Mahony, O ^a  

^a MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP SEDATION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DEEP SEDATION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46349097831     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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