A Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Chloral Hydrate Versus Inhaled Anesthesia for Sedating Infants and Toddlers for Transthoracic Echocardiograms

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-42

  Nicolson, Susan C ^a   Montenegro, Lisa M ^a   Cohen, Meryl S ^a   O'Neill, Daniel ^a   Calfin, Donna ^a   Jones, Lisa A ^a   Jobes, David R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAL HYDRATE; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DRUG TOXICITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PENTOBARBITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72449198596     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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