Sedatives used by UK neonatal units before intubation
| 2-150Routine (%) (n=77) | Transfer (%) (n=11) | 2-150Total (%) (n=88) | |
| Morphine alone | 29 (38) | 8 (73) | 37 (42) |
| Morphine + other2-151 | 20 (26) | 1 (9) | 21 (24) |
| Morphine: total | 49 (63) | 9 (82) | 58 (66) |
| Fentanyl alone | 4 (5) | 4 (4.5) | |
| Fentanyl + other | 4 (5) | 4 (4.5) | |
| Fentanyl: total | 8 (10) | 8 (9) | |
| Diamorphine | 11 (14) | 1 (9) | 12 (14) |
| Diazepam alone | 4 (5) | 4 (4.5) | |
| Diazepam + opioid | 6 (8) | 6 (7) | |
| Diazepam: total | 10 (13) | 10 (11.5) | |
| Midazolam alone | 4 (5) | 4 (4.5) | |
| Midazolam + opioid | 2 (3) | 2 (2) | |
| Midazolam: total | 6 (8) | 6 (6.5) | |
| Ketamine | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Phenobarbitone | 1 (9) | 1 (1) |