Outpatient Procedural Sedation of Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain Using Propofol.

Pradip P KamatMarie K KaragaBenjamin L WisniewskiCourtney E McCrackenHarold K SimonReet SidhuJocelyn R Grunwell

Published in: Journal of child neurology (2018)

Children with ASD can be sedated for brain MRI using propofol with no increased frequency of SAEs compared with children without ASD. Sedation teams should anticipate that 10% of children with ASD may need additional personnel before propofol induction.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
magnetic resonance imaging
young adults
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
intellectual disability
white matter
resting state
subarachnoid hemorrhage
acute respiratory distress syndrome