Moderate to deep sedation and ilioinguinal block for adolescent radiofrequency catheter ablation

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. lcoulomb@ualberta.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Lauren Coulombe et al. Can J Anaesth. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 7.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-025-03018-x. Online ahead of print.

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. lcoulomb@ualberta.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: adolescent; catheter ablation; ilioinguinal nerve block; regional; sedation.

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