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Paediatric Sedation: The Asian Approach—Current State of Sedation in China

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In China, a large number of children require sedation for painful and non-painful procedures. This chapter will explore how large tertiary care paediatric centres organize their sedation services to meet the demand as well as the safety standard of current sedation guidelines.

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Yuen, V.M.Y., Li, BL., Xue, B., Xu, Y., Tse, J.C.K., Lee, R.S.M. (2021). Paediatric Sedation: The Asian Approach—Current State of Sedation in China. In: Mason, MD, K.P. (eds) Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58406-1_29

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