title: Sedation of children for emergency imaging.
abstract: Successful and safe sedation is an important technical aspect of pediatric imaging for the radiologist. Sedation of children requiring acute diagnostic evaluation presents additional challenges including uncertain past medical history and nothing-by-mouth status, unknown allergies, and unstable clinical status. This article focuses on the techniques and problems of sedating children in an acute setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Frush
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bisset
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001463:Barbiturates; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D002648:Child; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001463:Barbiturates; D001569:Benzodiazepines