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7 questions · 7 findings · 1 reviews · Epilepsy

No studies found 2 · 28.6%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 42.9%Low 2 · 28.6%Moderate 0 · 0%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 (75 mg/kg) vs pentobarbital intravenous (5 mg/kg)

Non‐interpretable neuroimaging finding · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

It is very uncertain whether chloral hydrate oral (75 mg/kg) changes non‐interpretable neuroimaging finding compared with pentobarbital intravenous (5 mg/kg) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

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

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

It is very uncertain whether chloral hydrate oral (75 mg/kg) changes number of children with clinical adverse event: oxygen desaturation compared with pentobarbital intravenous (5 mg/kg) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

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

Proportion of children who required a further dose of either the same sedative agent or the addition of a different sedative agent · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review