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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

From: Paediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in a South African emergency centre: a single-centre, descriptive study

 

All

N = 113

Infants

N = 13

Young children

N = 47

Older children

N = 53

Sex, n (%)

 Male

78 (69.0)

6 (46.2)

30 (63.8)

42 (79.2)

Weight (kg; mean ± SD)

 

17.3 ± 7.6

8.1 ± 2.8

13.1 ± 3.6

23.3 ± 6.3

Performed after hours n (%)

85 (75.2)

10 (76.9)

37 (78.7)

38 (71.7)

Indications n (%)

 Burns debridement

13 (11.5)

3 (23.1)

8 (17.0)

2 (3.8)

 Fracture reduction

27 (23.9)

1 (7.7)

3 (6.4)

23 (43.4)

 Suturing

20 (17.7)

1 (7.7)

10 (21.3)

9 (17.0)

 Lumbar puncture

36 (31.9)

7 (53.8)

22 (46.8)

7 (13.2)

 Othera

17 (15.0)

1 (7.7)

4 (8.5)

12 (22.6)

Disposition n (%)

 Admit

23 (20.4)

4 (30.8)

15 (31.9)

4 (7.5)

 Discharge

63 (55.8)

5 (38.5)

21 (44.7)

37 (69.8)

 Refer to RCWCHb

23 (20.4)

3 (23.1)

9 (19.1)

11 (20.8)

 Not documented

4 (3.5)

1 (7.7)

2 (4.3)

1 (1.9)

  1. aRemoval of foreign body, catheterization, intercostal drain insertion, CT scan, incision and drainage of abscess, examination, reduction of paraphimosis
  2. bRCWMCH, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital