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ArticleAvicenna journal of medicine

Procedural moderate sedation with ketamine in pediatric critical care unit.

Tarek R Hazwani, Hala Al-Alem

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Tarek R HazwaniDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hala Al-AlemDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of moderate sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) settings according to moderate sedation protocol using ketamine and midazolam and to determine areas for the improvement in our clinical practice. SETTINGS AND

designA retrospective study was conducted in the PICU. MATERIALS AND

methodsRetrospective chart review was performed for patients who had received moderate sedation between January and the end of December 2011 and who are eligible to inclusion criteria.

resultsIn this study, 246 moderate sedation sessions were included. 5.3% were in infant age, while 94.7% were children (1-14 years). Their gender distributed as 59.8% males and 40.2% females. The majority of them had hematology-oncology disease nature, i.e., 80.89% (

conclusionModerate sedation in the PICU using ketamine and midazolam is generally safe with minimal side effects as moderate sedation sessions were conducted by pediatric intensivist in highly monitored and equipped environment.

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Ketaminemoderate sedationpediatric critical care

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PMID28182021
PMCPMC5255981

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