Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 433-440.e1 , October 2006

Etomidate Versus Midazolam for Procedural Sedation in Pediatric Outpatients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented at the Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting, May 2005, Washington, DC; Society of Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2005, New York, NY; Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians annual meeting May 2005, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and the Canadian Pediatric Society, June 2005, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

  • Lydia Di Liddo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Lydia Di Liddo, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada; 514-345-4788, fax 514-345-4965
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  • Antonio D’Angelo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Bao Nguyen, BPharm, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, and Division of Orthopedics, Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Devendra Amre, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Constantin Stanciu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopedics, Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Received 30 November 2005 ,Revised 14 February 2006 ,Accepted 22 February 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: LD, AD, BN, BB, DA, and CS conceived the study, designed the trial, and obtained research funds. LD was responsible for the conduct of the trial, patient recruitment, and data collection. BB and DA provided statistical advice on study design and analyzed the data. LD drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed to its revision. LD takes the responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: This study was supported by a grant from Fonds d’opération pour les projets de recherche de l’Hôpital Ste-Justine.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00399-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.004

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 433-440.e1 , October 2006

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