Current opinion in pediatrics
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Curr. Opin. Pediatr. · Jun 2009
ReviewSedation for emergent diagnostic imaging studies in pediatric patients.
To review and summarize current literature regarding sedation for imaging studies in pediatric patients in the Emergency Department and acute care setting. ⋯ Although avoiding sedation for diagnostic imaging studies is optimal, there are multiple agents with reasonable safety profiles that can be utilized by personnel trained in pediatric airway management in order to obtain adequate emergent imaging studies.