Midazolam as a sole sedative for computed tomography imaging in pediatric patients

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 899-904

  Singh, Ranju ^a,b   Kumar, Nishant ^a   Vajifdar, Homay ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Anesthetic technique: i.v. bolus; Anesthetics: midazolam; Complications; CT imaging; Sedation: pediatric

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

AGITATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68849113337     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03084.x     Document Type: Article

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