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ArticleJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open2025

Comparing the Costs Associated with Anxiolytic Agents for Reducing Distress in Children Undergoing Laceration Repair in the Emergency Department.

Nam-Anh Tran, Yi-Shu Lin, Petros Pechlivanoglou, Samina Ali, Doug Coyle, Naveen Poonai, Anna Heath

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Article in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Nam-Anh TranDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Yi-Shu LinChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Petros PechlivanoglouChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Samina AliDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Doug CoyleSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Naveen PoonaiDepartment of Pediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Anna HeathChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The use of procedural medications for anxiolysis during laceration repair in children can mitigate distress, facilitate procedures, and avoid physical restraint. However, the optimal medication for use in the pediatric emergency department is unclear. This study compares hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs for 4 different procedural medications for pediatric laceration repair from the perspective of the Canadian health care system. Methods: We used an individual-level state-transition model to compare (i) intranasal midazolam (INM), (ii) inhaled nitrous oxide (N Results: The estimated LOS for N Conclusion: INM had the lowest expected healthcare cost, whereas children receiving N

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analgesiadexmedetomidinemidazolamsuturingurgent care

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PMID40574791
PMCPMC12197899

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