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01-03-2012 | Point/Counterpoint

Sedation and the VCUG

Author: Karen Blumberg

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 3/2012

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A voiding cystourethrogram is frequently a stressful procedure for pediatric patients, parents and occasionally the radiology staff. I believe most radiologists would agree with that statement but if doubt exists, there is research that supports it [1, 2]. …

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Title: Sedation and the VCUG
Author: Karen Blumberg
Publication date: 01-03-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2323-9

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