Ketamine Versus Etomidate for Procedural Sedation for Pediatric Orthopedic Reductions
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
There are multiple retrospective studies detailing the use of etomidate in pediatric
procedural sedation but few to no prospective clinical trials. None have compared etomidate
to ketamine, currently the most commonly used sedative in the emergency department for
pediatric procedural sedation. The investigators propose a randomized, controlled trial
comparing etomidate versus ketamine for procedural sedation for fracture reduction for
children presenting with extremity fracture requiring sedation for reduction. The
investigators hypothesize that etomidate in combination with fentanyl will have similar
reduction of distress and procedural recall as ketamine in combination with midazolam.