Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2670300 | Journal of Radiology Nursing | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This quality improvement initiative compared children who are sedated versus children who are not sedated for the quality of images and the amount of time it took to obtain a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan on 4 to 7 year olds, with and without contrast, at Children's Hospital Boston. Results demonstrate that both nonsedated and sedated children who underwent brain MRI examinations received diagnostic quality studies. Although the number of studies with motion artifact and repeat studies were higher for the nonsedated group, the actual scan time did not significantly change.
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Authors
Sandra E. Bates, Donnella Comeau, Richard Robertson, David Zurakowski, Vicki Netzke-Doyle,