The efficacy of benzodiazepines as acute anxiolytics in children: A meta‐analysis
Kuang H, Johnson JA, Mulqueen JM, Bloch MH. The efficacy of benzodiazepines as acute anxiolytics in children: A meta‐analysis. Depression And Anxiety 2017, 34: 888-896. PMID: 28504861, PMCID: PMC5629100, DOI: 10.1002/da.22643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEfficacy of benzodiazepinesPediatric patientsAnxiety disordersTolerability of benzodiazepinesRoom proceduresCurrent practice guidelinesStandardized mean differenceFunnel plot asymmetryOperating room proceduresProcedural settingsPediatric anxiety disordersTolerability analysisAcute managementBenzodiazepine treatmentStratified subgroupsPractice guidelinesControl groupAcute anxiolyticPublication biasAnxiolyticsBenzodiazepinesMean differencePatientsSpecific agentsAnxiety levels