M Fernanda Bellolio, Waqas I Gilani, Patricia Barrionuevo, M Hassan Murad, Patricia J Erwin, Joel R Anderson, James R Miner, Erik P Hess
OBJECTIVES: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the incidence of adverse events in adults undergoing procedural sedation in the emergency department (ED). METHODS: Eight electronic databases were searched, including MEDLINE, EMBASE, EBSCO, CINAHL, CENTRAL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Web of Science, and Scopus, from January 2005 through 2015. Randomized controlled trials and observational studies of adults undergoing procedural sedation in the ED that reported a priori selected outcomes and adverse events were included...
February 2016: Academic Emergency Medicine