title: Paediatric magnetic resonance enteroclysis under general anaesthesia - initial experience.
abstract: MR enterography is the accepted imaging reference standard for small bowel assessment in inflammatory bowel disease. There is an increasing cohort of children with inflammatory bowel disease presenting at an early age (<5 years) with severe disease. Younger children present a technical challenge for enterography because of the need for sedation/general anaesthesia to allow image optimisation and the need for oral contrast to allow adequate luminal assessment. Through our experiences, MR enteroclysis under general anaesthesia has proven to be a successful imaging technique for the work-up of these patients. In this paper, we present our institutional practice for performing MR enteroclysis under general anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, Wc1N 3JH, UK.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadigh
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, Wc1N 3JH, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Anaesthetics, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sury
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, Wc1N 3JH, UK.
authors.forename: Øystein E
authors.initials: ØE
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, Wc1N 3JH, UK. Tom.watson@gosh.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Tom A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
keywords: Anaesthesia; Children; Inflammatory bowel disease; Magnetic resonance imaging