TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Procedural Sedation and Analgesia A1 - Baxter, Amy L. A1 - Wathen, Joe E. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - Continuous monitoring of oxygen saturation and heart rate will identify the most common serious risk of sedation, hypoxia.Avoid ketamine in infants younger than 3 months due to the risk of airway complications.Pressure applied to the “laryngospasm notch” may reverse laryngospasm.Emergence reactions associated with ketamine appear to be related to the pretreatment anxiety level of the patient.Etomidate as a sedative is associated with few airway events, and can be used in the hypotensive patient.Combinations of drugs may increase adverse effects of each, such as respiratory depression. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105680315 ER -