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Pediatric Temperature Variation in the MRI Scanner Under General Anesthesia

NCT01119248 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2018-06-27

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Summary

The number of children undergoing MRI imaging has increased significantly in the past years, because many young children cannot stay still for the duration of the scan, have difficulty tolerating the confined space and the noise produced by the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, sedation or General Anesthesia is required in these cases. In the investigators institution, the investigators use General Anesthesia for children undergoing MRI.

Because children have a larger surface area to body weight ratio; hypothermia from passive heat loss is one of the anesthesiologists' concerns.

MRI requires a cool environment with low humidity; this specialized environment represents a significant thermal challenge to the anesthetized children. Since most temperature devices are not compatible with the MRI, the simple task to measure temperature change has never been investigated.

Conditions

  • Children Requiring MRI

Interventions

OTHER

axillary temperature before MRI and after the MRI

observation of body temperature changes with axillary temperature measurement with MRI compatible device

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anuradha Patel, MD · Rutgers-NJMS

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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