Propofol vs pentobarbital for sedation of children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging: Results from the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-611

  Mallory, Michael D ^a,b   Baxter, Amy L ^b,c   Kost, Susanne I ^c,d  

^a MPH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Pentobarbital; Propofol; Radiology; Sedation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STRIDOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPOFOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549093741     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03023.x     Document Type: Article

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