Safety and effectiveness of intranasal dexmedetomidine together with midazolam for sedation in neonatal MRI.

Therefore, the ideal sedation regimen should obviate the need for an intravenous access, but still enable the completion of the MRI without deep sedation and subsequent complications. Keywords: adverse effects; dexmedetomidine; infant; magnetic resonance imaging; midazolam EN adverse effects dexmedetomidine infant magnetic resonance imaging midazolam 79 81 3 12/09/21 20220101 NES 220101 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been consistently indicated as the imaging modality of choice in children and neonates. While feed and wrap technique may be used to perform MRI scans without sedation, this is not always possible due to MRI sensitivity to motion artifacts and long duration of the procedure. [Extracted from the article]