Variations in sedating uncooperative, stable children for post-traumatic head CT.
Pediatr Emerg Care
; 15(4): 241-4, 1999 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-10460075
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To characterize variations among pediatric emergency physicians and their hospital facilities regarding sedation of the uncooperative, stable child for head CT following closed head injury.DESIGN:
Mail survey with two follow-up mailings.PARTICIPANTS:
Surveys were sent to all members of the Emergency Medicine Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).RESULTS:
Of 596 surveys sent, 431 (72%) were returned, with 304 (51%) usable responses. Respondents annually sedate over 17,500 children for post-traumatic head CT. Formal training to sedate children for head CT was noted by 73%. Published guidelines for sedation are followed by 74%; 10% were unaware of the existence of published guidelines for sedation. Twenty-six percent of the respondents were very or somewhat dissatisfied with their sedation-related practices. In response to three clinical scenarios involving sedation of 8-month-old, 3-year-old, and 6-year-old children for head CT, midazolam was the most commonly chosen drug. Over 20 different sedation strategies were selected for each scenario.CONCLUSIONS:
Sedation practices for post-traumatic pediatric head CT vary widely, among both physicians and individual practitioners. Institutional and individual sedation-relation policies vary widely as well. Variation and dissatisfaction with sedation practices may reflect uncertainty regarding optimal sedation strategies. Further cost-effectiveness research is necessary.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Traumatismos Cranianos Fechados
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Uso de Medicamentos
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Medicina de Emergência
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Hipnóticos e Sedativos
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Emerg Care
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos