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63 questions · 63 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 17 · 27%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 6 · 9.5%Low 18 · 28.6%Moderate 20 · 31.7%High 2 · 3.2%

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg or 100 mg/kg) vs dexmedetomidine oral (2 µg/kg or 3 µg/kg)

Proportion of children who had sedation failure or inadequate level of sedation · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg or 100 mg/kg) showed no clear difference in proportion of children who had sedation failure or inadequate level… compared with dexmedetomidine oral (2 µg/kg or 3 µg/kg) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg or 100 mg/kg) vs dexmedetomidine oral (2 µg/kg or 3 µg/kg)

Number of children with clinical adverse events (any) · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg or 100 mg/kg) may leads to higher number of children with clinical adverse events (any) compared with dexmedetomidine oral (2 µg/kg or 3 µg/kg) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review