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Perioperative Challenges During Diagnostic and Perioperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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Sedation or general anaesthesia is often required for the neurologically injured patients undergoing MRI scanning. The goal is to improve patient compliance and ensure immobility, thereby helping acquisition of acceptable quality of images. The existence of strong magnetic field imposes specific challenges during diagnostic and intraoperative MRI. Adherence to safety measures prevents risk of injury to patient and involved personnel. The anaesthesiologist should be aware of safety mechanisms of MRI suite and the equipments utilised during the process. This chapter describes all the procedural concerns and management thereof in neurological patients who need sedatives and anaesthetics to undergo the diagnostic and perioperative MRI procedures.

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  1. Department of Neuroanaesthesiology & Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

    Girija Prasad Rath

  2. Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Deepak Sharma

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Ansgar M. Brambrink

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Jeffrey R. Kirsch

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Rath, G.P., Sharma, D. (2020). Perioperative Challenges During Diagnostic and Perioperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). In: Brambrink, A., Kirsch, J. (eds) Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17410-1_41

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