Procedural Sedation Outside of the Operating Room Using Ketamine in 22,645 Children: A Report From the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Most studies of ketamine administered to children for procedural sedation are limited to emergency department use. The objective of this study was to describe the practice of ketamine procedural sedation outside of the operating room and identify risk factors for adverse events.

Design

Observational cohort review of data prospectively collected from 2007 to 2015 from the multicenter Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.

Setting

Sedation services from academic, community, free-standing children's hospitals and pediatric wards within general hospitals.

Patients

Children from birth to 21 years old or younger.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Describe patient characteristics, procedure type, and location of administration

SUBMITTER: Grunwell JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5138082 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature