Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 223-231 , December 2007

Assessment and Monitoring of Pediatric Procedural Sedation

  • Maria J. Mandt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Maria J. Mandt, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital, 13123 17th Ave, B251 Aurora, CO 80045.
    • ,
  • Mark G. Roback, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
    • Tel.: +1 612 625 6739; fax: +1 612 626 1144.

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PII: S1522-8401(07)00056-0

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.08.003

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 223-231 , December 2007

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