Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Nurse‐led dexmedetomidine sedation for magnetic resonance imaging in children: a 6‐year quality improvement project
Authors' conclusion
We conclude that paediatric sedation with dexmedetomidine for magnetic resonance scanning is safe and successful.
Study context
- Population
- Infants, children and adolescents having MRI scans, March 2016 to March 2022sedation episodes
- Participants
- 1,768 vs 219
- Comparison
- Intravenous vs intranasal dexmedetomidine sedation
- Intravenousn = 1,768
- Intranasaln = 219
- Outcome
- Sedation success rate
Methodological detailsnurse-led sedation service, consecutive episodes
- Nurse-led sedation service
- Consecutive episodes
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Overall sedation success rate
- 98.4%
Safety
Scan interruption
Original publication
Nurse‐led dexmedetomidine sedation for magnetic resonance imaging in children: a 6‐year quality improvement project. Anaesthesia. Published 28 January 2023. doi:10.
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