• Eur J Emerg Med · Oct 2006

    The practice of pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department.

    • Itai Shavit, Ilan Keidan, and Arie Augarten.
    • Department of Pediatric Emergency, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. i_shavit@rambam.health.gov.il
    • Eur J Emerg Med. 2006 Oct 1; 13 (5): 270-5.

    AbstractThe treatment of acute pain and anxiety in children undergoing therapeutic and diagnostic procedures in the emergency department has improved dramatically over the last few years. The availability of noninvasive monitoring devices and the use of short-acting sedative and analgesic medications enable physicians to conduct safe and effective sedation and analgesia treatment. In today's practice of pediatric emergency medicine, sedation and analgesia has been considered as the standard of care for procedural pain. The following article describes the basic principles of pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department.

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