Ketodex for MRI sedation in syndromic children with congenital cardiac anomalies – A case series.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Magoon, Rohan; Choudhary, Nitin; Wadhawan, Sonia
- Source
- Indian Journal of Anaesthesia. Jun2022, Vol. 66 Issue 6, p456-459. 4p.
- Subject
- *CONGENITAL heart disease
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
- Language
- ISSN
- 0019-5049
Safe paediatric sedation in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite can be challenging. The challenges intensify in uncooperative syndromic children compounded by an accentuated risk of periprocedural cardio-respiratory complications with anaesthetic sedation in this peculiarly predisposed subset. Amidst ardent debates on the ideal sedative agent for paediatric MRI, we report an encouraging application of ketamine-dexmedetomidine combination (ketodex) sedation for MRI in our case-series including syndromic children with coexistent congenital cardiac anomalies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]