Keira P Mason, MD

Chairman, WorldSIVA Pediatric Committee
Director, Radiology Anesthesia and Sedation
Children's Hospital Boston
Associate Professor Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School

E-mail: Keira.Mason@childrens.harvard.edu
E-mail: keira.mason@yahoo.com

• Pediatric Sedation
• Novel Alternatives

1. Sedation for pediatric radiological procedures: analysis of potential causes of sedation failure and paradoxical reactions.
   Karian VE, Burrows PE, Zurakowski D, Connor L, Mason KP
   Pediatr Radiol29p869-73(1999 Nov)
2. Serum ethanol levels in children and adults after ethanol embolization or sclerotherapy for vascular anomalies.
   Mason KP, Michna E, Zurakowski D, Koka BV, Burrows PE
   Radiology217p127-32(2000 Oct)
3. Sedatives used in pediatric imaging: comparison of IV pentobarbital with IV pentobarbital with midazolam added.
   Mason KP, Zurakowski D, Karian VE, Connor L, Fontaine PJ, Burrows PE
   AJR Am J Roentgenol177p427-30(2001 Aug)
4. Accuracy of capnography with a 30 foot nasal cannula for monitoring respiratory rate and end-tidal CO2 in children.
   Mason KP, Burrows PE, Dorsey MM, Zurakowski D, Krauss B
   J Clin Monit Comput16p259-62(2000)
5. Coagulation abnormalities in pediatric and adult patients after sclerotherapy or embolization of vascular anomalies.
   Mason KP, Neufeld EJ, Karian VE, Zurakowski D, Koka BV, Burrows PE
   AJR Am J Roentgenol177p1359-63(2001 Dec)
6. Evolution of a protocol for ketamine-induced sedation as an alternative to general anesthesia for interventional radiologic procedures in pediatric patients.
   Mason KP, Michna E, DiNardo JA, Zurakowski D, Karian VE, Connor L, Burrows PE
   Radiology225p457-65(2002 Nov)
7. The development of a pediatric radiology sedation program.
   Karian VE, Burrows PE, Zurakowski D, Connor L, Poznauskis L, Park Mason K
   Pediatr Radiol32p348-53(2002 May)
8. Comparison of oral pentobarbital sodium (nembutal) and oral chloral hydrate for sedation of infants during radiologic imaging: preliminary results.
   Rooks VJ, Chung T, Connor L, Zurakowski D, Hoffer FA, Mason KP, Burrows PE
   AJR Am J Roentgenol180p1125-8(2003 Apr)
9. Effects of IV pentobarbital with and without fentanyl on end-tidal carbon dioxide levels during deep sedation of pediatric patients undergoing MRI.
   Connor L, Burrows PE, Zurakowski D, Bucci K, Gagnon DA, Mason KP
   AJR Am J Roentgenol181p1691-4(2003 Dec)
10. Infant sedation for MR imaging and CT: oral versus intravenous pentobarbital.
    Mason KP, Zurakowski D, Connor L, Karian VE, Fontaine PJ, Sanborn PA, Burrows PE
    Radiology233p723-8(2004 Dec)
11. Percutaneous treatment of low flow vascular malformations.
    Burrows PE, Mason KP
    J Vasc Interv Radiol15p431-45(2004 May)
12. Superiority of pentobarbital versus chloral hydrate for sedation in infants during imaging.
    Mason KP, Sanborn P, Zurakowski D, Karian VE, Connor L, Fontaine PJ, Burrows PE
    Radiology230p537-42(2004 Feb)
13. Adverse cardiovascular and respiratory events during sedation of pediatric patients for imaging examinations.
    Sanborn PA, Michna E, Zurakowski D, Burrows PE, Fontaine PJ, Connor L, Mason KP
    Radiology237p288-94(2005 Oct)
14. Dexmedetomidine for pediatric sedation for computed tomography imaging studies.
    Mason KP, Zgleszewski SE, Dearden JL, Dumont RS, Pirich MA, Stark CD, D'Angelo P, Macpherson S, Fontaine PJ, Connor L, Zurakowski D
    Anesth Analg103p57-62, table of contents(2006 Jul)
15. Knight F, Galvin R, Davoren M, Mason KP. The Evolution of Universal Protocol in Interventional Radiology. J Radiol Nurs. 2006;25:106-115.
16. Value of bispectral index monitor in differentiating between moderate and deep Ramsay Sedation Scores in children.
    Mason KP, Michna E, Zurakowski D, Burrows PE, Pirich MA, Carrier M, Fontaine PJ, Sethna NF
    Paediatr Anaesth16p1226-31(2006 Dec)
17. MDCT assessment of tracheomalacia in symptomatic infants with mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies: preliminary technical experience.
    Lee EY, Mason KP, Zurakowski D, Waltz DA, Ralph A, Riaz F, Boiselle PM
    Pediatr Radiol38p82-8(2008 Jan)
18. American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Ehrenwerth J, Singleton M, Bell C, Brown J, Clark R, Connis R, Herfkens R, Litt L, Mason KP, McClain CD, Nickinovich DG, Ryan SM, Sandberg WS. Practice Advisory on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Anesthesiology. 2009;110(3):459-479.
19. The pediatric sedation service: who is appropriate to sedate, which medications should I use, who should prescribe the drugs, how do I bill?
    Mason KP
    Pediatr Radiol38 Suppl 2pS218-24(2008 May)
20. Hemodynamic effects of dexmedetomidine sedation for CT imaging studies.
    Mason KP, Zgleszewski SE, Prescilla R, Fontaine PJ, Zurakowski D
    Paediatr Anaesth18p393-402(2008 May)
21. High dose dexmedetomidine as the sole sedative for pediatric MRI.
    Mason KP, Zurakowski D, Zgleszewski SE, Robson CD, Carrier M, Hickey PR, Dinardo JA
    Paediatr Anaesth18p403-11(2008 May)
22. Is propofol a safe alternative to pentobarbital for sedation during pediatric diagnostic CT?
    Zgleszewski SE, Zurakowski D, Fontaine PJ, D'Angelo M, Mason KP
    Radiology247p528-34(2008 May)
23. Linda C, Zurakowski D, Stazinski A, Bucci K, Pirich P, Mason KP. Monitoring End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Levels of Deeply Sedated MRI Pediatric Patients during the Recovery Period Journal of Radiology Nursing . Journal of Radiology Nursing. 2009;(Accepted).
24. MDCT evaluation of the prevalence of tracheomalacia in children with mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies.
    Lee EY, Zurakowski D, Waltz DA, Mason KP, Riaz F, Ralph A, Boiselle PM
    J Thorac Imaging23p258-65(2008 Nov)
25. An exaggerated hypertensive response to glycopyrrolate therapy for bradycardia associated with high-dose dexmedetomidine.
    Mason KP, Zgleszewski S, Forman RE, Stark C, DiNardo JA
    Anesth Analg108p906-8(2009 Mar)
26. Radiologist-supervised ketamine sedation for solid organ biopsies in children and adolescents.
    Mason KP, Padua H, Fontaine PJ, Zurakowski D
    AJR Am J Roentgenol192p1261-5(2009 May)
27. Pediatric procedures in interventional radiology.
    Mason KP
    Int Anesthesiol Clin47p35-43(2009 Summer)
28. Sedation trends in the 21st century: the transition to dexmedetomidine for radiological imaging studies.
    Mason KP
    Paediatr Anaesthp(2009 Dec 10)
29. Effects of dexmedetomidine sedation on the EEG in children.
    Mason KP, O'Mahony E, Zurakowski D, Libenson MH
    Paediatr Anaesth19p1175-83(2009 Dec)
30. Mason, KP. World SIVA: The Pediatric Initiative. Pediatr Anesth. 2010;(accepted).
31. Reformulation of the sedation continuum.
    Green SM, Mason KP
    JAMA303p876-7(2010 Mar 3)
32. Incidence and predictors of hypertension during high-dose dexmedetomidine sedation for pediatric MRI.
    Mason KP, Zurakowski D, Zgleszewski S, Prescilla R, Fontaine PJ, Dinardo JA
    Paediatr Anaesthp(2010 Apr 14)

1. Connor L, Mason KP, Micheli AJ. Guidelines for Nursing Practice: Care of the Post Anesthesia Patient-Outpatient Radiology. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital. 1999.
2. Mason K, Koka B. Nitrous Oxide. Pediatric Procedural Sedation and Analgesia. In: Krauss B,Brustowicz R, editors. 1999:83-88.
3. Michna E, Mason KP. AIDS and the Healthcare Worker. Pain management, anesthesia, and HIV/AIDS. In: Nedeljkovic S, editor. 2002:187-193.
4. Michna E, Mason KP. Legal Aspects of Pain Management. Manual of Pain Management. In: Warfield C, Fausett H, editors. 2002:385-390.
5. Mason KP, Zgleszewski SE, Holzman RS. Anesthesia and Sedation for Procedures Outside the Operating Room. Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children. In: Motoyama ET, Davis PJ, editors. 2006:839-855.
6. Mason, KP. Pediatric Sedation for Radiological Imaging Studies. In: Ray CE, editor. Pain Management in Interventional Radiology. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2008.
7. Mason KP, Koka BV. Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room. In: Cote CJ, Todres ID, Lerman J, editors. A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, Fourth Edition, in press. 2008.
8. Mason, KP. Strategies for Radiological Imaging Studies. In: Cain JG, Grande CM, editors.Sedation and Airway-support For Everyone……SAFE, in press; 2008.
9. Mason, KP, Holzman, RS . Anesthesia and Sedation for Pediatric Procedures Outside the Operating Room. Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children. In: Davis PJ, Motoyama EK,Caldis FP, editors. 2009.