Practice MRI: Reducing the need for sedation and general anaesthesia in children undergoing MRI

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-323

  De Amorim E Silva, C J T ^a,b,c   Mackenzie, A ^a   Hallowell, L M ^a   Stewart, S E ^a   Ditchfield, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Hospital for Sick Children ^*  (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

General anaesthesia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Play therapy; Practice magnetic resonance imaging; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEDATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33746136421     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01590.x     Document Type: Review

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