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- Title
Sedation with nitrous oxide compared with no sedation during catheterization for urologic imaging in children.
- Authors
Zier, Judith L.; Kvam, Kathryn A.; Kurachek, Stephen C.; Finkelstein, Marsha
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Various strategies to mitigate children's distress during voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) have been described. Sedation with nitrous oxide is comparable to that with oral midazolam for VCUG, but a side-by-side comparison of nitrous oxide sedation and routine care is lacking.<bold>Objective: </bold>The effects of sedation/analgesia using 70% nitrous oxide and routine care for VCUG and radionuclide cystography (RNC) were compared.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>A sample of 204 children 4-18 years of age scheduled for VCUG or RNC with sedation or routine care were enrolled in this prospective study. Nitrous oxide/oxygen (70%/30%) was administered during urethral catheterization to children in the sedated group. The outcomes recorded included observed distress using the Brief Behavioral Distress Score, self-reported pain, and time in department.<bold>Results: </bold>The study included 204 patients (99 nonsedated, 105 sedated) with a median age of 6.3 years (range 4.0-15.2 years). Distress and pain scores were greater in nonsedated than in sedated patients (P < 0.001). Time in department was longer in the sedated group (90 min vs. 30 min); however, time from entry to catheterization in a non-imaging area accounted for most of the difference. There was no difference in radiologic imaging time.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Sedation with nitrous oxide is effective in reducing distress and pain during catheterization for VCUG or RNC in children.
- Subjects
NITROUS oxide; CATHETERIZATION; UROLOGY; ANALGESIA; RADIOISOTOPES; CHILDREN; CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; GENITOURINARY organ radiography; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; RESEARCH; URINARY catheterization; CONSCIOUS sedation; EVALUATION research; RADIONUCLIDE angiography
- Publication
Pediatric Radiology, 2007, Vol 37, Issue 7, p678
- ISSN
0301-0449
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00247-007-0508-z