Amber Rogers, MD, FAAP

Does My Patient Really Need MRI Sedation?

Does My Patient Really Need MRI Sedation?

For those of us who regularly sedate children for MRI procedures, it’s a frequent challenge to determine who will actually need sedation versus who will be able to complete the MRI without medication.  I have seen four-year-old girls happily complete an MRI without sedation while 17-year-old developmentally typical adolescents could not manage to stay still. …