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28 questions · 28 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 2 · 7.1%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 14.3%Low 8 · 28.6%Moderate 14 · 50%High 0 · 0%

Chloral hydrate oral (75 mg/kg) vs pentobarbital intravenous (5 mg/kg)

Proportion of children who had sedation failure after 1 dose of sedative agent · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (75 mg/kg) may leads to higher proportion of children who had sedation failure after 1 dose of… compared with pentobarbital intravenous (5 mg/kg) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (75 mg/kg) vs pentobarbital intravenous (5 mg/kg)

Proportion of children who had sedation failure after 2 doses of sedative agent (same or different) · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

It is very uncertain whether chloral hydrate oral (75 mg/kg) changes proportion of children who had sedation failure after 2 doses of… compared with pentobarbital intravenous (5 mg/kg) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (70 mg/kg) vs promethazine

Proportion of children with inadequate level of sedation (Ramsay score below 4) · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (70 mg/kg) may leads to lower proportion of children with inadequate level of sedation (Ramsay… compared with promethazine oral (1 mg/kg) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (70 mg/kg) vs promethazine

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

Chloral hydrate oral (70 mg/kg) probably leads to lower proportion of children who had sedation failure or inadequate level… compared with promethazine oral (1 mg/kg) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (60 mg/kg) vs music therapy

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

It is very uncertain whether chloral hydrate oral (60 mg/kg) changes proportion of children who had sedation failure or inadequate level… compared with music therapy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) vs sodium thiopental rectal (25 mg/kg)

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

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) showed no clear difference in proportion of children who had sedation failure or inadequate level… compared with sodium thiopental rectal (25 mg/kg) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) vs dexmedetomidine intranasal (3 μg/kg)

Number of children with clinical adverse event: crying during administration of sedation · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg) probably leads to higher number of children with clinical adverse event: crying during… compared with dexmedetomidine intranasal (3 μg/kg) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg + 50 mg/kg) vs hydroxyzine hydrochloride oral (1 mg/kg + 1 mg/kg)

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

Chloral hydrate oral (50 mg/kg + 50 mg/kg) showed no clear difference in proportion of children who had sedation failure or inadequate level… compared with hydroxyzine hydrochloride oral (1 mg/kg + 1 mg/kg) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review