TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Procedural Sedation and Analgesia A1 - Wathen, Joe E. A1 - Wiersma, Alexandria J. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert PY - 2019 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Continuous monitoring of oxygen saturation and heart rate will identify the most common serious risk of sedation, hypoxia.Combinations of drugs may increase adverse effects of each, such as respiratory depression; consider reducing dosing when combining sedation medications.Avoid ketamine in infants younger than 3 months due to the risk of airway complications.Emergence reactions associated with ketamine appear to be related to the pretreatment anxiety level of the patient.Obesity is an independent risk factor for adverse events. Extra caution should be taken when sedating these patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155167817 ER -