Question 1 - Chloral hydrate or midazolam: Which is better for sedating children for painless diagnostic imaging?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 750-752

  Hare, Michelle ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; MIDAZOLAM;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBASE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAINLESS DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDAZOLAM;

EID: 84864717250     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301116     Document Type: Note

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