General anaesthesia or sedation for paediatric neuroimaging: current practice in a teaching hospital.

摘要

Younger children or those with learningdiffi culties are generally unable to lie stillfor neuroimaging. There is controversy overwhether anaesthesia or sedation should beused. We describe our experience of bothsedation and anaesthesia for neuroimagingbetween 2000 and 2004. The sedation isdetailed in table.