Role Of Anaesthetist In Sedation For Diagnostic Procedures: The Glass Is Half Empty? A Narrative Review

Abstract

Sedation of outpatients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures remains a controversial topic, and there remains a paucity of literature and guidelines to help inform sound clinical decisions. As these are frequently performed procedures that offer advantages to patients in terms of their comfort and well-being, we aimed to better address this information deficit and to clarify why appropriate guidelines are still not available. To this end, we propose reviewing sedation procedures performed using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in pediatric patients.