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504 questions · 511 findings · 66 reviews

No studies found 104 · 20.4%GRADE not reported 26 · 5.1%Very low 107 · 20.9%Low 129 · 25.2%Moderate 107 · 20.9%High 38 · 7.4%

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 (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) vs midazolam

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

Chloral hydrate oral (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) probably leads to lower proportion of children with inadequate level of sedation (Ramsay… compared with midazolam (intranasal 0.2 mg/kg or oral 0.5 mg/kg) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) vs midazolam

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

Chloral hydrate oral (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) showed no clear difference in proportion of children who had sedation failure after 1 dose of… compared with midazolam (intranasal 0.2 mg/kg or oral 0.5 mg/kg) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) vs midazolam

EEG sedative‐induced artefact · children undergoing neurodiagnostic procedures

Chloral hydrate oral (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) leads to lower EEG sedative‐induced artefact compared with midazolam (intranasal 0.2 mg/kg or oral 0.5 mg/kg) (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chloral hydrate oral (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) vs midazolam

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

Chloral hydrate oral (100 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg) showed no clear difference in number of children with clinical adverse events (any) compared with midazolam (intranasal 0.2 mg/kg or oral 0.5 mg/kg) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review