E-DRUG: Sedation of children pre-op (cont'd)

[Randy Trinkle <rtrinkle@skylite.datanet.ab.ca>]

E-drug: Sedation of children pre-op (cont'd)
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I would consider ketamine or a barbiturate. Benzos can cause
disinhibition rather than sedation.

One very rich resource to look for ideas and experiences with
conscious sedation in an ED can be found at

    http://gema.library.ucsf.edu:8081/srch.html

This is a search engine for archives of an emergency medicine e-mail
discussion list. The subject of pediatric conscious sedation agents has
come up a number of times.

Where the instruction says 'Where in GEMA do you want to search?'

pick

Emed-l

You can get a lot of hits with the search engine. Try specifying the
drug you want to use along with the search terms 'sedation' or
'conscious sedation'.

Randy Trinkle, BScPharm, BA
Clinical Pharmacist
Cross Cancer Institute
Edmonton, AB
rtrinkle@datanet.ab.ca
http://www.datanet.ab.ca/users/rtrinkle
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