Sedation and anesthesia for imaging of the infant and neonate-a brief review.

ABSTRACT: Sedation and anesthesia are often required in order to facilitate collection of high-quality imaging studies free of significant motion artifact for infants and neonates. Provision of safe sedation and anesthesia requires good communication between the ordering provider, radiologist, and anesthesiologist, careful pre-procedural evaluation of the patient, and availability of appropriate and sufficient equipment, drugs, personnel, and facilities. There are many additional factors to be considered for provision of safe sedation or anesthesia for infants and neonates-it is ideal to involve a fellowship-trained pediatric anesthesiologist in the planning and carry-out of these plans. In this review, we discuss some of the basic definitions of sedation and anesthesia, requirements for safe sedati

SUBMITTER: Beaulieu FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377638 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature