Safety of high-concentration nitrous oxide by nasal mask for pediatric procedural sedation: Experience with 7802 cases

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1107-1112

  Zier, Judith L ^a   Liu, Meixia ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Analgesia; Nitrous oxide; Procedural sedation

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NURSING; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEATING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; NAUSEA; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEATING; VOMITING;

EID: 84860280604     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823aff6d     Document Type: Article

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