Why the study?
Does dexmedetomidine provide safe and effective sedation in children undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Population
20 children aged 3 months to 10 years undergoing diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
Intraprocedural
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for dexmedetomidine sedation in pediatric cardiac catheterization; prospective trials needed before clinical adoption.
Does dexmedetomidine provide safe and effective sedation in children undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Dexmedetomidine, with or without supplemental propofol, appears to be a feasible and safe alternative for sedation in spontaneously breathing children undergoing cardiac catheterization.
Munro et al. (2006) studied this question.
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