Jingjing Chen, Zhuoling Lin, Haotian Lin
State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060,China


Current situation of application of sedation technique in pediatric examination




Table 1 Examination items and characteristics of current pediatric sedation or anesthesia techniques in China
Conventional application of chloral hydrate in pediatric sedation eye examination
Medication characteristics


Dose of administration

Administration of medicine



Adverse events and safe nursing


Dexmedetomidine as a novel drug for pediatric sedation examination
Medication property

Medication administration


Dose of administration and adverse events



Table 2 Comparison of clinical application of dexmedetomidine and chloral hydrate
Prospect




