Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 1033-1046 , September 1990

Ketamine sedation for pediatric procedures: Part 2, review and implications

    MD
  • Steven M Green

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Riverside General Hospital, Riverside, California, USA
    • California Emergency Physicians Medical Group, Oakland, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Steven M Green, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Riverside General Hospital, 9851 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, California 92503.
  • , MD, MPH, FACEP
  • N Eric Johnson

      Affiliations

    • California Emergency Physicians Medical Group, Oakland, California, USA

Received 1 May 1989 ,Revised 9 April 1990 ,Accepted 2 May 1990.

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Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 1033-1046 , September 1990