Paediatric out-of-theatre procedural sedation at a tertiary children’s hospital: A prospective observational study
| Autor: | GS Wilson, RM Gray, C Lapere |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Nausea Sedation Incidence (epidemiology) medicine.medical_treatment Procedural sedation and analgesia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Emergency medicine Medicine General anaesthesia Laryngospasm medicine.symptom Dexmedetomidine business Propofol medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Child Health. 15:33 |
| ISSN: | 1999-7671 1994-3032 |
| DOI: | 10.7196/sajch.2021.v15i1.01775 |
| Popis: | Background. Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) is one of the largest paediatric hospitals in Africa. Despite an increasing number of surgical and diagnostic procedures being performed annually, a formal out-of-theatre sedation service does not exist. Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is an important adjunct in behavioural management for invasive procedures in children. Objective. A prospective, observational study was performed at RCWMCH, aimed primarily at defining the number of cases of PSA performed outside the operating theatre. Methods. Data were collected over a period of 3 months from all procedural out-of-theatre sedations performed, including ward patients and outpatient departments. All children |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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