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ReviewPediatric radiology2018

Reducing sedation for pediatric body MRI using accelerated and abbreviated imaging protocols.

Rizwan Ahmad, Houchun Harry Hu, Ramkumar Krishnamurthy, Rajesh Krishnamurthy

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In one paragraph

Review in Pediatric radiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04944875 (Effects of Music and Maternal Voice on Sedation Depth and Sedative Use During Pediatric), which is not on this map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04944875 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Music and Maternal Voice on Sedation Depth and Sedative Use During Pediatric

TypeinterventionalSponsorTC Erciyes UniversityRan2019 to 2021Enrolled210ConditionsPediatric Solid Tumor, Pediatric Brain Tumor, Pediatric CancerArmsGroup headphone, Group music, Group maternal voice
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance recommendations toward environmentally sustainable cardiovascular magnetic resonance.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2025
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  7. Safety of MRI Examinations Under Sedation: A Nationwide Survey in Japan.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026
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  18. Safety of Dexmedetomidine as an Alternative Pediatric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Sedative: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rizwan AhmadDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Houchun Harry HuDepartment of Radiology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA.
Ramkumar KrishnamurthyDepartment of Radiology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA.
Rajesh KrishnamurthyDepartment of Radiology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA. Rajesh.Krishnamurthy@nationwidechildrens.org.
Nationwide Children's Hospital · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an established diagnostic imaging tool for investigating pediatric disease. MRI allows assessment of structure, function, and morphology in cardiovascular imaging, as well as tissue characterization in body imaging, without the use of ionizing radiation. For MRI in children, sedation and general anesthesia (GA) are often utilized to suppress patient motion, which can otherwise compromise image quality and diagnostic efficacy. However, evidence is emerging that use of sedation and GA in children might have long-term neurocognitive side effects, in addition to the short-term procedure-related risks. These concerns make risk-benefit assessment of sedation and GA more challenging. Therefore, reducing or eliminating the need for sedation and GA is an important goal of imaging innovation and research in pediatric MRI. In this review, the authors focus on technical and clinical approaches to reducing and eliminating the use of sedation in the pediatric population based on image acquisition acceleration and imaging protocols abbreviation. This paper covers important physiological and technical considerations for pediatric body MR imaging and discusses MRI techniques that offer the potential of recovering diagnostic-quality images from accelerated scans. In this review, the authors also introduce the concept of reporting elements for important indications for pediatric body MRI and use this as a basis for abbreviating the MR protocols. By employing appropriate accelerated and abbreviated approaches based on an understanding of the imaging needs and reporting elements for a given clinical indication, it is possible to reduce sedation and GA for pediatric chest, cardiovascular and abdominal MRI.

Indexed as

Anesthesia, GeneralProcedural SedationAnestheticsChildHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingAnestheticsBodyCardiovascularChildrenCompressed sensingGeneral anesthesiaMagnetic resonance imagingSedation

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PMID29292482
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