Effect of anesthesia and sedation on pediatric MR imaging patient flow

Radiology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-237

  Vanderby, Sonya A ^a   Babyn, Paul S ^b   Carter, Michael W ^a   Jewell, Susan M ^b   McKeever, Patricia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953949134     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091124     Document Type: Article

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