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Sedation for Pediatric Patients Undergoing CT and MRI J Comput Assist Tomogr 16:3-6, Hubbard,A.M.,et al, 1992 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Adequate sedation remains one of the most important parts of performing high quality cross-sectional imaging in children.This is a noncomparative retrospective analysis of existing sedation protocols used in 1,158 children between the ages of 1 day and 18 years,checking for safety and efficacy.The most commonly used drugs were chloral hydrate(60-120 mg/kg)by mouth for infants<18 months and intravenous Nembutal(2-6 mg/kg)for older children.Sedation was successful in 97%of patients.

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