Some children need to be medicated to sleep on the EEG lab. I need to find a safe alternative to chloral hydrate, even though that has a slightly greater interference on the trace.
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I was using it during the period of Ketamine shortage (7 yrs ago), as an oral co-medication in combination with oral Midazolam. It is very safe & provides additional anti-emetic effects. However, it takes 45-60 minutes to get the same effect of Ketamine-midazolam sedation-anxiolysis (instead of 20-25 minutes). Sedation & dizziness lasts for longer time.