Table 2

Opinions of parents and children on the experience of receiving oral sedation or general anaesthesia for neuroimaging

Parents' experience‘OK’‘Bad’ or ‘quite bad’Not present
Oral sedation, n=145128 (90%)14 (10%)3
GA, n=6965 (97%)2 (3%)2
Children's experience‘OK’‘Bad’ or ‘quite bad’Too young
Oral sedation, n=17231 (85%)5 (15%)136
GA, n=7944 (98%)1 (2%)34
  • GA, general anaesthesia.