Body MRI: alleviation of claustrophobia by prone positioning.

@article{citeulike:621999, abstract = {Positioning the patient who is to undergo magnetic resonance imaging of the body in the prone position is a simple, effective method of alleviating claustrophobia.}, author = {Hricak, H. and Amparo, E. G. }, citeulike-article-id = {621999}, comment = {They report that 31 of 1160 (2.67\%) patients experienced "claustrophobia" without prone positioning. It's implied but not stated clearly that these reactions were sufficiently severe to preclude scanning.}, issn = {0033-8419}, journal = {Radiology}, keywords = {fear, mri, neuroethicsnet, pdfcopy, riskpaper}, month = {September}, number = {3}, posted-at = {2006-05-10 21:55:29}, priority = {0}, title = {Body MRI: alleviation of claustrophobia by prone positioning.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6463267}, volume = {152}, year = {1984} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:621999 L3 - citeulike-article-id:621999 TI - Body MRI: alleviation of claustrophobia by prone positioning. JF - Radiology VL - 152 IS - 3 SN - 0033-8419 N2 - Positioning the patient who is to undergo magnetic resonance imaging of the body in the prone position is a simple, effective method of alleviating claustrophobia. KW - fear KW - mri KW - neuroethicsnet KW - pdfcopy KW - riskpaper N1 - They report that 31 of 1160 (2.67%) patients experienced "claustrophobia" without prone positioning. It's implied but not stated clearly that these reactions were sufficiently severe to preclude scanning. AU - Hricak, H AU - Amparo, EG PY - 1984/09// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6463267 ER -