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Archive > June, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 6

Anesthesia Alert

Keep Your Youngest Patients Safe and Sound

Samuel Wald, MD

Since the 1985 release of the first guidelines standardizing sedation care for young children, the number of pediatric cases requiring sedation has increased - as has the number of cases of preventable morbidity and mortality. As a result, the guidelines were revised in December. Here's an update.

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