Pediatric sedation using dexmedetomidine and remimazolam for magnetic resonance imaging

Naohiro Shioji^{1

2}, Tobias Everett³, Yasuyuki Suzuki⁴, Kazuyoshi Aoyama^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Department of Critical Care and Anesthesia, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. kazu.aoyama@utoronto.ca.
⁶ Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. kazu.aoyama@utoronto.ca.

Editorial

Naohiro Shioji et al. J Anesth. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;36(1):1-4.

doi: 10.1007/s00540-021-02957-1. Epub 2021 Jun 5.

Naohiro Shioji^{1

2}, Tobias Everett³, Yasuyuki Suzuki⁴, Kazuyoshi Aoyama^{5

6}

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Department of Critical Care and Anesthesia, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. kazu.aoyama@utoronto.ca.
⁶ Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. kazu.aoyama@utoronto.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: Dexmedetomidine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric anesthesia; Remimazolam; Sedation.

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