title: Creating a sedation service for pediatric urodynamics: our experience.
abstract: Interpretable urodynamics studies are difficult to obtain in children, many of whom exhibit significant behavioral distress during catheterization. To address the needs of these children, researchers developed a sedation service and reviewed the literature that supported the creation of this service. This article will present the authors'experience in creating a service to meet the needs of these children as well as the initial outcomes of the sedation service.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marai
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrer
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D003406:Credentialing; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000451:nursing; D005215:Fasting; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008874:Midazolam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010159:Palate / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing; D014563:Urodynamics
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008874:Midazolam