title: The practice of pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department.
abstract: The treatment of acute pain and anxiety in children undergoing therapeutic and diagnostic procedures in the emergency department has improved dramatically over the last few years. The availability of noninvasive monitoring devices and the use of short-acting sedative and analgesic medications enable physicians to conduct safe and effective sedation and analgesia treatment. In today's practice of pediatric emergency medicine, sedation and analgesia has been considered as the standard of care for procedural pain. The following article describes the basic principles of pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Emergency, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. i_shavit@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Itai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shavit
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Keidan
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Augarten
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010372:Pediatrics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives