Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Needle-free pharmacological sedation techniques in paediatric patients for imaging procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
We found a large variation in medication, dosage, and route of administration for needle-free sedation. Success rates for sedation techniques varied between 36% and 98%.
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 0–8 yr sedated for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without i.v./i.m. medication or advanced airway devices
- Participants
- 22,380 children · 67 studies
- Comparison
- Needle-free pharmacological sedation techniques for MRI
- Outcome
- Sedation success rate
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Pooled sedation success rate
Original publication
Needle-free pharmacological sedation techniques in paediatric patients for imaging procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. Published 22 October 2022. doi:10.
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