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International Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 820209, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/820209
Research Article
Procedural Pediatric Sedation by Nurses: Available, Competent, and Safe
1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12 Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, Canada
2Department of Hemato-Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, H3H 2R9, Canada
Received 28 May 2011; Revised 2 February 2012; Accepted 2 February 2012
Academic Editor: Alberto Pappo
Copyright © 2012 Laetiscia Lavoie et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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