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01-08-2011 | Editorial

Anesthesia risks associated with pediatric imaging

Author: Charles Cauldwell

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 8/2011

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Any medical procedure, whether diagnostic or therapeutic, should produce at least as much benefit as risk. This principle applies from the simplest, seemingly innocuous test to the most complicated invasive operation. Knowledge of the benefits and risks, and analysis of the risk-to-benefit ratio, therefore, should precede the decision to go forward with any procedure. Radiological imaging is not immune to this situation. …

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Title: Anesthesia risks associated with pediatric imaging
Author: Charles Cauldwell
Publication date: 01-08-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2160-x

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