Sedation of children undergoing MRI - A risky business!

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 8 I, 2004, Pages 625-626

  Kitsa, Paul ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^b   Cardoso, Jorge F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE TARTRATE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NAUSEA; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VOMITING;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 4444301853     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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