Impact of Body Mass Index on Adverse Events in Children Undergoing Sedation for MRI
Children undergoing sedation for MRI categorized as overweight, obesity, and severe obesity are at increased odds of AEs and airway interventions. Children who are underweight have increased odds of AEs.
Authors
- Daniel S. Tsze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7567-8743)
- Nicholas Barrowman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4704-9595)
- Mark K. Abe
- Jaimee Holbrook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4756-0438)
- Jason M. Kane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5010-3533)
- Mei Han
- Lara Bencsics
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Evanston Hospital (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hospital Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2025-008455
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00