Dexmedetomidine Sedation in Children Before MRI Examinations

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-06-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Dexmedetomidine, has been used in the past 4-5 years as an alternative sedation method for children at the pediatric radiology department in order to reduce the waiting lists and the use of general anesthesia with its risks and side effects in magnetic resonance and computed tomography examinations.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska University Hospital
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy children, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk classification. Children with ASA risk class 1 or 2 were selected by the anesthesiologist as suitable for radiographer handled sedation with Dexmedetomidine.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with significant comorbidity (ASA risk class 3 or 4) that were deemed to need presence of an anesthesia team (anesthesiologist plus certified anesthesia nurse) for safety reasons.

• Children that due to the specific nature of the MRI scan would need a general anesthetic to provide a secure airway (e.g., laryngeal mask airway or endotracheal intubation) during the scan (e.g., mild neck manipulation to assess cervical instability in Mb Down patients, multiple different MRI investigations requested or need for apnea).

• Children that present minimal cold symptoms the day of imaging.