Transmucosal Nasal Drug Delivery: Systemic Bioavailability of ...
Transmucosal Nasal Drug Delivery: Systemic Bioavailability of ...
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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