%0 Journal Article %T Propofol Versus 4-hydroxybutyric Acid in Pediatric Cardiac Catheterizations %A Harald Sauer %A Hashim Abdul-Khaliq %A Jochen Pfeifer %A Laura Gruenzinger %A Stefan Graeber %J Archive of "Open Medicine". %D 2019 %R 10.1515/med-2019-0044 %X Pediatric patients require deep sedation at least for cardiac catheterizations (CCs). Usually, we perform these CCs applying propofol, but we have seen several side effects of this sedative. We have had good experience with 4-hydroxybutyric acid for other sedations. To optimize our standardized CC procedure, we initiated a prospective, randomized trial to compare the two substances %K Propofol %K 4-hydroxybutyric acid %K Deep sedation %K Cardiac catheter %K Pediatric patients %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555241/