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MRI and DEAF result
Added: 1190 days ago.
Added by: vikki
Section: General.
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Has anyone had an MRI and their baby lost their hearing?

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canadababy - 1190 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I just did some reading on it, didn't come across any info on deafness as possible side effect. Google MRI and Pregnancy. Found this: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be safely utilized to assess pregnant women. However, ultrasonography (US), with its wide availability, low cost, superb fetal anatomic detail, excellent diagnostic capability, and lack of any known adverse effects, is the imaging modality of choice. MRI is indicated only if US is inconclusive and there's a high suspicion of fetal anomaly, as an alternative to tests requiring ionizing radiation, or to further assess fetuses with anomalies picked up by US, particularly those involving the central nervous system (CNS). Although no adverse fetal effects have been documented, U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines require MRI units to be labelled to indicate that the technique's safety with respect to the fetus hasn't been established. The Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging issued guidelines for patient safety in 1991, stating that MRI may be used in pregnant women if US and other nonionizing forms of diagnostic imaging were inadequate. Whenever possible, MRI should be delayed until the second or third trimester, since the theoretical safety concern is over tissue heating caused by the radiofrequency pulses. IV contrast media (paramagnetic agents such as gadolinium chelates) are not recommended, as they cross the placenta, and their long-term effects aren't known. In the future, it's expected that MRI in pregnancy will be used to confirm or exclude fetal abnormalities suspected on US, to further characterize an abnormality, and to search for possible additional abnormalities. The combination of information gained from fetal US and MRI should provide the basis for parental counselling and obstetric case management. MM References: Sem Roentgenol 1999;XXXIV:41-47.; Sem Ultrasound, CT, and MRI 1999; 20:214-230.; AJR 1996;166:1139-1144.