title: [Anesthesiological problems in magnetic resonance].
abstract: A prospective study was carried out on 68 patients examined with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) under general anesthesia. Mean patients age was 10 years (range: 9 days to 77 years). MRI was performed with a 1.5 T superconductive magnet and different anatomical regions were studied: the brain in 63 cases, the lumbar spine in 3, the cervical spine in 1 and finally the upper abdomen in 1 patient. The patients 0-10 years old were anesthetized with isoflurane, while those 11-77 years old were given i.v. propofol and isoflurane. Severe complications occurred in 2 patients only (3%): a 3-year-old child presented respiratory depression and a 21-year-old man had a bronchospasm. Minor complications occurred in 5 more patients. Image quality was excellent in 75% of cases, while few movement artifacts were observed in the extant 25%. To conclude, isoflurane anesthesia is a safe, effective and efficient type of sedation for the patients to be submitted to MRI which can be used also on an outpatient basis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto di Scienze Radiologiche, Università G. D'Annunzio, Chieti.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carriero
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tonni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sollecito
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonomo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007530:Isoflurane; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015742:Propofol
chemical_list: D007530:Isoflurane; D015742:Propofol
vernacular_title: Problemi anestesiologici in Risonanza Magnetica.