Intravenous vs intramuscular ketamine for pediatric procedural sedation by emergency medicine specialists: A review

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 787-796

  Deasy, Conor ^a,b,c   Babl, Franz E ^a,d,e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

child; emergency department; intramuscular; intravenous; ketamine; procedural sedation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL;

AGITATION; APNEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHORIA; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOXIA; LARYNX SPASM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955825213     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03338.x     Document Type: Review

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