Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency tracheal intubation in the newborn and children: simplifying the use of drugs.
The dose of drugs used in pediatric resuscitation is one of the greatest sources of problems. Usually, each drug has a different recommended dosage in mg/kg weight and a different presentation in mg/ml in the ampoule. We suggested a simple solution to simplify drug use in the emergency: we established a common dose of 0.1 ml/kg body weight and modified drugs presentations conventionally used for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and tracheal tube placement in newborns and children so that all the new ampoules contain the same dose.
García-Algar
Oscar
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Pediatrics Unit, Hospital del Mar, Pg. Marítim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. ogarccia@imas.imim.es
Pichini
Simona
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D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations