Background Little is known about the practice of pediatric procedural sedation in Africa,
despite being incredibly useful to the emergency care of children. This study describes the …

Background Procedural sedation and analgesia are considered a core competency in
emergency medicine as patients present to the emergency centre on an unscheduled basis …

Background: Sedation is a process whereby drugs are used to depress a person's level of
consciousness and inhibit their response to a noxious stimulus. It enables both therapeutic …

Background Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is considered a core competency in
emergency medicine as patients present to the Emergency Centre (EC) on an unscheduled …

Pediatric sedation remains a controversial issue, especially when combinations of drugs are
used. The choice of using anesthetists or non-anesthetic personnel as sedation providers is …