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Using Quality Improvement Methodology to Reduce Sedation for MRI in a Quarternary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Final Pr. ID: Poster #: SCI-001 (R)
Background: Brain MRI has become an integral tool in the diagnosis and management of neonates with possible brain injury. In a large quaternary care neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), MRIs are routinely performed for the identification of white matter lesions in preterm infants, prognostication in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, peri-operative evaluation of patients with meningomyeloceles and hydrocephalus among other indications. Patients are often sedated in order to obtain high quality images, but sedation comes with complications. As these studies become an integral part of our practice in the NICU, we have identified a need to minimize the use of sedation to obtain clinically acceptable neonatal brain MRIs. Read More
Authors: Harris Chris
Keywords: Quality Improvements, Reduce Sedation, MRI brains