Background: Children who need MR scanning frequently need sedation in order to remain still for the procedure. This poses a number of potential problems including the organizational difficulties ...

and that the drug should be administered only by persons trained in the administration of general anesthesia and not involved in the surgical/diagnostic procedure. (For sedation of intubated ...

Objectives: Although generally effective for sedation during noninvasive procedures, dexmedetomidine as the sole agent has not been uniformly successful for invasive procedures. To overcome some ...

A protocol of non-contrast MRI without sedation may aid in surgical decision-making regarding infants with brachial plexus ...