Pediheart Podcast # 60: Oral Pentobarbital Sedation For Transthoracic Echocardiography In The Young

Summary: This week we review a recent report from the team at the Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on the use of pentobarbital for oral sedation for transthoracic echocardiography. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Rajesh Shenoy shares with us insights into sedation for this indication, the general approach of the echo lab at Sinai and how decisions are made regarding sedation for this reason. doi: 10.1111/echo.14301