Open AccessProcedural sedation for pediatric patients in the emergency department at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, K.S.A
Author(s) -
Hashim M. Bin Salleeh,
Tahani Al Ahmadi,
Quais Mujawar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.136862
Subject(s) - medicine , sedation , emergency department , ketamine , vomiting , pediatric emergency medicine , adverse effect , emergency medicine , anesthesia , psychiatry , emergency physician
Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) has become the standard of care for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures undertaken in the Emergency Department (ED). In the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) of King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), which is a major teaching hospital in Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia we developed a standard protocol for PSA since 2005. The aim of this article is to report the experience at KKUH in pediatric PSA.