Different protocols for children in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) : general anesthesia, sedation or none?

Different protocols for children in Magnetic Resonance (MRI) imaging: general anesthesia, sedation or none? A retrospective analysis of patient records

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12613000944730

Enrollment

Registered

2013-08-27

Start date

2013-09-02

Completion date

2013-09-16

Last updated

2026-07-20

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Giving anesthesia outside the operation room, expecially in MRI is a serious anxiety for anesthesiologists. Most of the adults and children are afraid of recieving MRI also children has %20 of unexpected complications in recieving general anesthesia in MRI. We want to retrospectively evaluate the records of children(0-16 years old) if they had general anesthesia, sedation or behavioral therapy in February to August 2012 while practising MRI in our hospital.

Interventions

We will retrospectively search the patient files to determine the technique used in children undergoing MRI such as general anesthesia, sedation or behavioral approaches in our hospital from February 2012-August 2012.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children 0-16 years age receiving MRI from February 2012-August 2012.

Exclusion criteria

Patients older than 16 years, MRI before February 2012- after August 2012. patients having fever or full stomach

Outcome results