Safety challenges related to the use of sedation and general anesthesia in pediatric patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging examinations.
Maddy ArtunduagaC Amber LiuCara E MorinSuraj D SeraiUnni UdayasankarMary-Louise C GreerMichael S GeePublished in: Pediatric radiology (2021)
The use of sedation and general anesthesia has facilitated the significant growth of MRI use among children over the last years. While sedation and general anesthesia are considered to be relatively safe, their use poses potential risks in the short term and in the long term. This manuscript reviews the reasons why MRI examinations require sedation and general anesthesia more commonly in the pediatric population, summarizes the safety profile of sedation and general anesthesia, and discusses an amalgam of strategies that can be implemented and can ultimately lead to the optimization of sedation and general anesthesia care within pediatric radiology departments.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- mechanical ventilation
- patients undergoing
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- palliative care
- young adults
- diffusion weighted imaging
- magnetic resonance
- systematic review
- human health
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- randomized controlled trial
- machine learning
- risk assessment
- quality improvement
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- pain management
- deep learning
- childhood cancer