Transport, monitoring, and successful brain MR imaging in unsedated neonates

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-264

  Mathur, Amit M ^a   Neil, Jeffrey J ^a,b   McKinstry, Robert C ^b   Inder, Terrie E ^a,b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; REVIEW; SEDATION; TIME; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 39149100950     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0705-9     Document Type: Review

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