@article{09d5b5367a1a4d5b9464b98d06b41de3,
title = "Safety challenges related to the use of sedation and general anesthesia in pediatric patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging examinations",
abstract = "The use of sedation and general anesthesia has facilitated the significant growth of MRI use among children over the last years. While sedation and general anesthesia are considered to be relatively safe, their use poses potential risks in the short term and in the long term. This manuscript reviews the reasons why MRI examinations require sedation and general anesthesia more commonly in the pediatric population, summarizes the safety profile of sedation and general anesthesia, and discusses an amalgam of strategies that can be implemented and can ultimately lead to the optimization of sedation and general anesthesia care within pediatric radiology departments.",
keywords = "Child life, Children, Dog therapy, General anesthesia, Magnetic resonance imaging, Safety, Sedation, Technique",
author = "Maddy Artunduaga and Liu, {C. Amber} and Morin, {Cara E.} and Serai, {Suraj D.} and Unni Udayasankar and Greer, {Mary Louise C.} and Gee, {Michael S.}",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank Stephanie Price, child life specialist at Children{\textquoteright}s Health Medical Center, for her dog-therapy program picture contribution, Shandra Taylor and Libby Gaitskill, child life specialists at St. Jude Children{\textquoteright}s Research Hospital, for their child play and mock MR pictures contribution, and pediatric radiologist Hillel S. Maresky, MD, from Temple University, for his MRI virtual reality model picture contribution. We would also like to thank Cherise Guess, PhD, ELS, senior editor at St. Jude Children{\textquoteright}s Research Hospital, for her help with editing this article. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2021",
month = may,
doi = "10.1007/s00247-021-05044-5",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "51",
pages = "724--735",
journal = "Pediatric Radiology",
issn = "0301-0449",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "5",
}