The scope and providers of pediatric sedations outside the traditional operating room have increased in many parts of the world. There is also increased awareness towards providing analgesia and anxiolysis for pediatric patients. Sedations are performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes by pediatricians, emergency physicians, dentists, radiologist, and nurses in addition to intensivists, and anaesthesiologist.

The special issue aims to provide a survey of current developments and new approaches in the field of pediatric sedation and analgesia. Authors are encouraged to submit original papers discussing their own work or discuss current trends and possible future developments in this area. Other types of submissions within the broad topic of pediatric sedation and analgesia will also be considered.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Analgesia in children
• Clinical assessment of pain in different age groups
• Guidelines for Pediatric sedation
• Pain management and sedation of newborns
• Pediatric sedation in developing countries
• Pharmacology of drugs and drug combinations used in sedation
• Fasting guidelines
• The pediatric airway
• Implementing sedation programs
• Safety and monitoring of pediatric sedation
• Anticipating, avoiding and managing complications

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijped/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable: