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Table 2 Fasting status, complications, drugs used and providers

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

 

All

N = 113

Infant

N = 13

Young child

N = 47

Older child

N = 53

Appropriately fasted, n (%)

 Yes

15 (13.2)

1 (7.7)

6 (12.8)

8 (15.1)

 No

21 (18.6)

2 (15.4)

10 (21.3)

9 (17.0)

 Unknown

77 (68.1)

10 (76.9)

31 (66.0)

36 (67.9)

Complications, n (%)

 Vomiting

1 (0.9)

0

0

1 (1.9)

 Nil documented

107 (94.7)

13 (100)

44 ( 93.6)

50 (94.3)

 Unknown

5 (4.4)

0

3 (6.4)

2 (3.8)

Drug used n (%)

 Ketamine

109 (96.5)

13 (100)

44 (93.6)

52 (8.1)

 Unknown

4 (3.5)

0

3 (6.4)

1 (1.9)

Number of doses (median/IQR)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

Range of doses

1–3

1–2

1–2

1–3

Dosage (mg/kg) — mean and SD

1.48 ± 0.89

1.55 ± 0.96

1.60 ± 1.05

1.36 ± 0.69

Most senior provider n (%)

 Intern

13 (11.5)

2 (15.4)

7 (14.9)

4 (7.5)

 COSMOa

43 (38.1)

3 (23.1)

16 (34.0)

24 (45.3)

 MOb

12 (10.6)

2 (15.4)

4 (8.5)

6 (11.3)

 Registrar

15 (13.3)

4 (30.8)

5 (10.6)

6 (11.3)

 Unknown

30 (26.5)

2 (15.4)

15 (31.9)

13 (24.5)

  1. aCommunity service medical officer
  2. bMedical officer