Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , January 2001

A randomized clinical trial of continuous-flow nitrous oxide and midazolam for sedation of young children during laceration repair

Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 1998, and at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, Chicago, IL, May 1998.

Received 26 July 1999 ,Revised 22 August 2000 ,Accepted 29 September 2000.

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☆ Address for reprints: Jan D. Luhmann, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, One Children’s Place, Room 4S50, St. Louis, MO 63110, 314-454-2341, fax 314-454-4345, E-mail luhmann_j@kids.wustl.edu .

PII: S0196-0644(01)56352-0

doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.112003

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , January 2001

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