Practice Guideline Endorsement

Evidence-Based Approach to Pharmacologic Agents Used in Pediatric Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department

Abstract: The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses and accepts as its policy the Evidence-Based Approach to Pharmacologic Agents Used in Pediatric Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department.

This policy was published in October 2004.

The Guidelines are available as a PDF file from the American College of Emergency Physicians Web site free-of-charge at: http://www.acep.org/NR/rdonlyres/B210499C-089B-41E7-BFC3-EEF55EC3818A/0/cpYMEM757.pdf (36 pages, Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

The recommendations in this statement do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard of medical care. Variations, taking into account individual circumstances, may be appropriate.

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