[General anesthesia for pediatric cardiac magnetic resonance imaging].
The performance of MRI in children under 5 or 6 years of age usually requires sedation. Cardiac MRI takes even longer time to perform than regular MRI and such patients have cardiac diseases. It is therefore desirable for anesthesiologists to secure the airway and pay close attention to patients'vital signs. We perform general anesthesia for cardiac MRI using non-MRI-compatible monitors and anesthesia machines at our institution, and we therefore use appropriate devices to perform MRI safely. For that purpose, we either obtain peripheral intravenous access or perform tracheal intubation outside the MRI scan room and use extension cables for monitoring the patient.
Majima
Nozomi
N
Department of Anesthesiology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe 654-0081.
Kagawa
Tetsuro
T
Suzuki
Takeshi
T
Onishi
Hiroyasu
H
Ikejima
Noriyuki
N
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*