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Respiratory insufficiency following chloral hydrate sedation in two children with Leigh disease (subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy)

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Oral chloral hydrate sedation in children is safely used prior to cross-sectional imaging. We report two children with Leigh's disease who developed acute respiratory insufficiency following high dose oral chloral hydrate sedation.

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  1. Department of Radiology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 5th Street and Lehigh Avenue, 19133, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    S. B. Greenberg M. D. & E. N. Faerber

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Greenberg, S.B., Faerber, E.N. Respiratory insufficiency following chloral hydrate sedation in two children with Leigh disease (subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy). Pediatr Radiol 20, 287–288 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02019670

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