Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2006
Cost-effectiveness analysis of sedation and analgesia regimens during fracture manipulation in the pediatric emergency department.
To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis, from a hospital's perspective, of 4 procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) regimens to facilitate forearm fracture manipulation in the pediatric emergency department (ED): deep sedation with ketamine/midazolam (K/M) administration, propofol/fentanyl administration, fentanyl/midazolam (F/M) administration, and axillary block. ⋯ Among PSA regimens during forearm fracture manipulation in the pediatric ED, propofol/fentanyl is the most cost-effective regimen followed by axillary block, K/M, and F/M.