Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 205-213 , August 2009

Evaluation of Cerebral Oxygenation During Procedural Sedation in Children Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Presented as a poster in the annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, May 2008, Honolulu, HI.

  • Pradeep Padmanabhan, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Pradeep Padmanabhan, MD, MSc, Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Kosair Children's Hospital, University of Louisville, 571 S Floyd Street, Ste 300, Louisville, KY 40202; 502-629-7212, fax 502-629-5991
    • ,
  • John W. Berkenbosch, MD, FRCPC, FCCM, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
    • ,
  • Doug Lorenz, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
    • ,
  • Mary Clyde Pierce, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Received 24 July 2008 ,Revised 29 January 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: PP, JWB, and MCP conceived the study and designed the trial. PP collected the data. PP, JWB, DL, and MCP conducted the data analysis and drafted and revised the article. PP takes responsibility for the article as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online March 13, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the author.

 Dr. Pierce is currently affiliated with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00153-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.02.009

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 205-213 , August 2009

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