Effectiveness of chloral hydrate sedation in pediatric patients who receive cone beam computed tomography examinations / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the success rate and image quality in pediatric patients who used chloral hydrate before their cone beam computed tomography exam. Methods 1752 patients aged 1 to 6 were selected for this retrospective study. They were divided into sedated group (219 cases) and non-sedated group (1 533 cases). The success rate and image quality were compared between two groups. Results The sedated group had a higher success rate to non-sedated group 99.5%(218/219) vs. 90.4% (1 386/1 533). The motion artifact in sedated group was lower than non-sedated group with I degree 4.8% (15/314) vs. 20.1%(327/1 630) and II degree 0.3%(1/314) vs. 12.2%(199/1 630). Conclusion Giving chloral hydrate to pediatric patients before their CBCT exam would improve both success rate and image quality, and reduce unnecessary radiation expose.