Propofol poses low risk in pediatric imaging studies, but risk increases with anesthesia duration
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 06:31
in Health & Medicine
A new study finds that propofol, a well-known anesthesia medication, has a low occurrence of adverse events for children undergoing research-driven imaging studies. The study, led by a pediatric anesthesiologist now at Children's National Medical Center, showed a low incidence of adverse events and no long term complications when propofol was used to sedate children for imaging studies that require them to be still for long periods of time.