Kimberly K Monroe, Michael Beach, Rebecca Reindel, Laura Badwan, Kevin G Couloures, James H Hertzog, Joseph P Cravero
BACKGROUND: Pediatric procedural sedation outside of the operating room is performed by a variety of pediatric specialists. Using the database from the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium (PSRC), patient demographics, medications used, diagnoses, complications, and procedures involved when pediatricians provided sedation in this cohort, were described. 'Pediatrician' was defined as a general pediatrician, cardiologist, endocrinologist, gastroenterologist, hematologist/oncologist, neurologist, pulmonologist or hospitalist...
February 2013: Pediatrics International: Official Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society