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Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) vs clonidine oral (4 μg/kg)

Time to adequate sedation (minutes or as measured by specific validated scales such as the Ramsay Sedation Score) · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate as a sedating agent for neurodiagnostic procedures in children 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 198 participants
Low

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) vs clonidine oral (4 μg/kg)

Sedation duration (minutes) · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate as a sedating agent for neurodiagnostic procedures in children 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 198 participants
Low

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) vs clonidine oral (4 μg/kg)

Number of children with clinical adverse event: drowsiness · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) probably leads to lower number of children with clinical adverse event: drowsiness compared with clonidine oral (4 μg/kg) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate as a sedating agent for neurodiagnostic procedures in children 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.44 [0.3, 0.64]
1 study · 198 participants
Moderate

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) vs clonidine oral (4 μg/kg)

Number of children with clinical adverse event: vertigo · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) showed no clear difference in number of children with clinical adverse event: vertigo compared with clonidine oral (4 μg/kg) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate as a sedating agent for neurodiagnostic procedures in children 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.15 [0.01, 2.79]
1 study · 198 participants
Moderate