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Results of a Pediatric Sedation Program on Head MRI Scan Success Rates and Procedure Duration Times

Gregory A. Hollman

Division of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Clinical Science Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Marcia K. Elderbrook

Division of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Clinical Science Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Beth VanDenLangenberg

Division of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Clinical Science Center, Madison, Wisconsin

The purpose of this study was to determine if a pediatric sedation program improved head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan success rates and procedure duration times compared with the year preceding the program. Sedation was successful in 189 (85.1%) of 222 children before the program compared with 211 (98.1%) of 215 children during the program (P<0.001). Mean procedure duration times for head MRI scans with and without contrast were shorter in the program compared with before the program (58.7 ± 1.4 min versus 71.8 ± 3.0 min, P <0.001, and 46.7 ± 1.2 min versus 58.5 ± 1.9 minutes, P<0.001, respectively). No major complications occurred during the 15-month period in the sedation program. We conclude that sedation for pediatric MRI, managed by an organized pediatric sedation program, is highly successful, efficient, and safe.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 34, No. 6, 300-305 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289503400602
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