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7. Project III: <strong>Transmucosal</strong> nasal delivery <strong>of</strong> low-dose midazolam – evaluation <strong>of</strong> two preparations for procedural anxiolysis<br />

MRI image quality<br />

The radiologists assessed the image quality <strong>of</strong> each MRI examination, according to following fivegrade<br />

scale: (1) excellent image quality (ideal image quality for diagnosis), (2) good image quality<br />

(very little motion artifacts), (3) satisfactory image quality (diagnosis possible, despite some motion<br />

artifacts), (4) poor image quality (diagnostic information is affected by motion artifacts), and very<br />

poor image quality (no diagnosis because <strong>of</strong> extensive motion artifacts).<br />

Local irritation and adverse drug reactions<br />

Radiologic technicians were instructed to register all spontaneous reports on local irritation and<br />

adverse effects. Patients were asked to classify the intensity <strong>of</strong> the local irritation (mild,<br />

intermediate, strong) and the time for recovery was noted. The radiologists were instructed to treat<br />

serious adverse reactions with flumazenil (Anexate ® ).<br />

Analysis and statistics<br />

Two tailed t-tests for differences in continuous variables and χ 2 -tests (image quality) <strong>of</strong> trends for<br />

ordinal variables were performed. Statistical significance was accepted for p

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