title: Results of a pediatric sedation program on head MRI scan success rates and procedure duration times.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Emergency and Critial Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Madison 53792-4108, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hollman
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Elderbrook
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: VanDenLangenberg
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002648:Child; D002697:Chloral Hydrate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008614:Meperidine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008874:Midazolam / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011398:Promethazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012449:Safety; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D002697:Chloral Hydrate; D008614:Meperidine; D011398:Promethazine; D010424:Pentobarbital; D008874:Midazolam; D002746:Chlorpromazine