Procedural sedation and analgesia research: state of the art.

Acad Emerg Med

Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Published: February 2007

The authors review the current state of procedural sedation and analgesia research and clinical practice in adults and children, discuss the limitations in research methodology, and propose future areas of investigation.

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