Key result
A pediatric sedation program significantly improved head MRI scan success rates compared to the preceding year (98.1% vs 85.1%, P<0.001) and reduced procedure duration times.
Why the study?
Does an organized pediatric sedation program improve head MRI scan success rates and procedure duration times in children?
Observational (n=437)
Does an organized pediatric sedation program improve head MRI scan success rates and procedure duration times in children?
Absolute Event Rate: 98.1% vs 85.1%
p-value: p=<0.001
An organized pediatric sedation program significantly improves head MRI scan success rates and safely reduces procedure duration times.
May support sedation programs for pediatric MRI; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
The purpose of this study was to determine if a pediatric sedation program improved head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan success rates and procedure duration times compared with the year preceding the program. Sedation was successful in 189 (85.1%) of 222 children before the program compared with 211 (98.1%) of 215 children during the program (P < 0.001). Mean procedure duration times for head MRI scans with and without contrast were shorter in the program compared with before the program (58.7 +/- 1.4 min versus 71.8 +/- 3.0 min, P < 0.001, and 46.7 +/- 1.2 min versus 58.5 +/- 1.9 minutes, P < 0.001, respectively). No major complications occurred during the 15-month period in the sedation program. We conclude that sedation for pediatric MRI, managed by an organized pediatric sedation program, is highly successful, efficient, and safe.
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Hollman et al. (1995) conducted an observational in Pediatric patients requiring head MRI scans (n=437). Pediatric sedation program vs. Year preceding the program was evaluated on Head MRI scan success rate (p=<0.001). A pediatric sedation program significantly improved head MRI scan success rates compared to the preceding year (98.1% vs 85.1%, P<0.001) and reduced procedure duration times.
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