Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2017
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyComparison of oral midazolam with intranasal dexmedetomidine premedication for children undergoing CT imaging: a randomized, double-blind, and controlled study.
Children undergoing computerized tomography (CT) frequently require sedation to allay their anxiety, and prevent motion artifacts and stress of intravenous (IV) cannulation. ⋯ In the doses and time intervals used in our study, intranasal dexmedetomidine (2.5 μg·kg(-1) ) was found to be superior to oral midazolam (0.5 mg·kg(-1) ) for producing satisfactory sedation for CT imaging.