• Medicine
• Published in Journal of pediatric surgery 2013
• DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.08.018

Oral ketamine and midazolam for pediatric burn patients: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study.

@article{Norambuena2013OralKA,
  title={Oral ketamine and midazolam for pediatric burn patients: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study.},
  author={Claudia Norambuena and J Y{\'a}{\~n}ez and Viviana Flores and Pamela Puentes and Patricia Guzm{\'a}n Carrasco and Rodolfo Villena},
  journal={Journal of pediatric surgery},
  year={2013},
  volume={48 3},
  pages={
          629-34
        }
}

• Claudia Norambuena, J Yáñez, +3 authors Rodolfo Villena

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of oral midazolam and ketamine with oral midazolam, acetaminophen, and codeine in providing sedation and analgesia for wound care procedures in children with burns. METHODS This is a prospective, randomized, double-blind study that includes patients 1 to 5 years old hospitalized between 2010 and 2011, with burns covering up to 10% of total body surface area that required bedside wound care. Group 1 received oral midazolam (0.5mg/kg… CONTINUE READING

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