Sedation of children undergoing dental treatment

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lourenço Matharu, Liege ^a   Ashley, Paul F ^b   Furness, Susan ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; HYDROXYZINE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROMETHAZINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEVOFLURANE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEEP SEDATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTISTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; METHODOLOGY; PREMEDICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHILD; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; HUMANS; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MEPERIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861935505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003877.pub4     Document Type: Article

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