Paediatric procedural sedation and analgesia by emergency physicians in a country with a recent establishment of emergency medicine

OBJECTIVES: Paediatric patients receive less procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) in the emergency department compared with adults, especially in countries where emergency medicine is at an early stage of development. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the adverse events and efficacy of paediatric PSA in a country with a recent establishment of emergency medicine and to describe which factors aided implementation.

METHODS: This is a prospective, multicentre, observational study of paediatric patients undergoing PSA by the first trained emergency physicians (EPs) in The Netherlands. A standardized data collection form was used at all participating hospitals to collect data on adverse events, amnesia, pain scores, and procedure completion. A survey was used to interpret which factors had aided PSA implementation.

RESULTS: We recorded 351 paediatric PSA. The mean age was 9.5 years (95% confidence interval: 9.1-10.0). Esketamine was most frequently used (42.4%), followed by propofol (34.7%). The adverse event rate was low (3.0%). Amnesia was present in 86.8%. The median pain score was 2 (out of 10) for patients without amnesia. Procedures were successfully completed in 93.9% of the cases.

CONCLUSION: Paediatric PSA provided by the first EPs in The Netherlands showed appropriate levels of sedation and analgesia with a high rate of procedure completion and a low rate of adverse events. Our paper suggests that EPs provided with a proper infrastructure of mentorship, training and guidelines can implement effective paediatric PSA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine - 26(2019), 3 vom: 17. Juni, Seite 168-173

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kuypers, Maybritt I [VerfasserIn]
Smits, Gaël J P [VerfasserIn]
Baerends, Eva P [VerfasserIn]
Oskam, Erick [VerfasserIn]
Reijners, Eef P J [VerfasserIn]
Mignot-Evers, Lisette A A [VerfasserIn]
Thijssen, Wendy A M H [VerfasserIn]
Plötz, Frans B [VerfasserIn]
Korsten, Erik H M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Propofol
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.12.2019

Date Revised 17.12.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000524

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM279051476