Portable Magnetic Resonance Imaging for ICU Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients in ICUs often require neuroimaging to rule out a wide variety of intracranial problems. CT may be available in the ICU itself, but MRI has greater sensitivity for many conditions that affect the brain. However, transporting patients who are on ventilators and other life-sustaining devices is a labor-intensive process and involves placing the patient at risk for adverse events. This is a report of portable MRI in a clinical setting.

Design

This is a prospective, nonrandomized, observational study at one institution, utilizing a 0.064-T, self-shielding, portable MRI in ventilated patients in an ICU setting.

Setting

Academic medical center.

Patients

Nineteen patients with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infe

SUBMITTER: Turpin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7769347 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature