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 as a sedating agent for neurodiagnostic procedures in children 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.14 [0.51, 2.53]1 study · 160 participantsModerate