Children and Neonates Anaesthesia in Magnetic Resonance Environment in Italy. An Active Call Survey

Paediatric anaesthesia care in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a challenge for clinicians. The recent debate about the role of anaesthetic agent on neural development, encouraged an evaluation of their actual activity in this environment. In this active call survey, the authors sought to delineate the Italian situation regarding national centers, staff involved, monitoring and tools available. The primary aim was to evaluate clinical practice in childhood management in Magnetic Resonance suite.

This study was designed as prospective phone survey on the setting of a complete sample of all national centers performing almost a paediatric discharge in the 2014, obtained from Italian Health Ministery registers.

The three section survey was fill out with the Physician in charge in Magnetic Resonance suite. The Main outcome was a descriptive and exploratory analyses about the organization setting of the Centers (procedures, performers, monitoring and tools).