title: Practical planning to maintain premature infants' safety during magnetic resonance imaging: a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) makes a significant contribution to diagnose brain injury in premature infants and is a diagnostic procedure that requires the infant to be taken out of the controlled environment established for growth and development. To ensure safe procedures for these vulnerable patients, practical planning and surveillance are paramount.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This systematic review summarizes and evaluates the literature reporting on practical planning to maintain required safety for premature infants undergoing MRI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature identified through various search strategies was screened, abstracted, appraised, and synthesized through a descriptive analysis. Thirteen research studies, 2 quality improvement projects, and 10 other documents, including practice guidelines, general reviews and articles, a book chapter, and an editorial article, were retained for in-depth review.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Various procedures and equipment to ensure the safety of premature infants during MRI have been developed and tested. Although the results are promising and increasingly consistent, our review suggests that more research is needed before conclusive recommendations for the use of magnetic resonance-compatible incubators, the "feed-and-sleep" approach to avoid sedation, or the specific noise-cancelling ear protection for the premature infants' safety during MRI can be established.
authors: Norwegian Neonatal Network, Women and Children Department, Oslo University Hospital HF Rikshospitalet (Ms Knudsen), and Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo (Ms Knudsen and Dr Moen), Norway.
authors: Lina Merete M
authors: LM
authors: Knudsen
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Moen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing; D061214:Patient Safety; D017751:Safety Management