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Emergency Medical Minute


 

Nov 27, 2017

Author: Aaron Lessen, M.D.

Educational Pearls

  • A recent prospective observational study was performed to examine the safety of different sedation medications in the pediatric ED.
  • This study included 6000 children, and looked at the rate of serious adverse events following administration of different sedatives.
  • Overall, the safest drug to use was ketamine alone, with an adverse event rate of about 1%.
  • Propofol, BZDs, and opiates had increased rates of adverse events.

References: https://lifeinthefastlane.com/pediatric-procedural-sedation-with-ketamine/