Safety of Propofol Sedation for Pediatric Outpatient Procedures
- 29 May 2009
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Pediatrics
- Vol. 48 (8), 819-823
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922809337529
Abstract
Propofol sedation is used more frequently in pediatric procedures because of its ability to provide varying sedation levels. The authors evaluated all outpatient pediatric procedures using propofol sedation over a 6-year period. All sedation was provided by pediatric intensivists at a single institution. In all, 4716 procedures were recorded during the study period; 15% of procedures were associated with minor complications, whereas only 0.1% of procedures were associated with major complications. Significantly more major complications associated with propofol occurred during bronchoscopy (P = .001). Propofol administered by a pediatric intensivist is a safe sedation technique in the pediatric outpatient setting.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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