Pediatric emergency care
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Tongue entrapment in bottles and cans is rare, but occurs. The following is a case report of a 10-year-old female who got her tongue entrapped in an aluminum juice can. The anatomy of the tongue, complications from injury, and a proposed removal procedure are described.
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Pediatric emergency care · Mar 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialThe value of capnography during sedation or sedation/analgesia in pediatric minor procedures.
To measure changes in end-tidal carbon dioxide levels (ETco2) with different sedation/analgesia (midazolam, ketamine, ketamine plus midazolam, midazolam plus fentanyl, and propofol) during pediatric minor surgical procedures and to determine whether there were significant increases in ETco2 with different drugs. ⋯ This study demonstrated that propofol and midazolam-fentanyl produced a higher incidence of respiratory depression and higher mean ETco2 during sedation/analgesia than presedation and postsedation/analgesia. Capnography can serve as a useful monitoring tool in the evaluation of ventilation during sedation or sedation/analgesia in clinically stable children.