Journal ArticleJ Perianesth Nurs · June 13, 2024
Button battery ingestion is potentially fatal, especially in children less than 6 years of age, most commonly due to esophageal perforation. The number of ingestions and complications has risen significantly in recent decades. Impacted button batteries sho ...
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Journal ArticlePaediatr Anaesth · July 2017
INTRODUCTION: Recent reports have suggested that caudal anesthesia may be associated with an increased risk of postoperative surgical complications. We examined our experience with caudal anesthesia in hypospadias repair to evaluate for increased risk of u ...
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Journal ArticlePaediatr Anaesth · June 2004
Pompe or Glycogen Storage Disease type II (GSD-II) is a genetic disorder affecting both cardiac and skeletal muscle. Historically, patients with the infantile form usually die within the first year of life due to cardiac and respiratory failure. Recently a ...
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Journal ArticlePaediatr Anaesth · July 2002
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BACKGROUND: Tracheal tube (TT) size selection in children is important to avoid complications. Formulae utilizing age and physical characteristics to predict appropriate tube size are not entirely predictive. METHODS: Using an automated anaesthesia record ...
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Journal ArticleBest Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol · June 2002
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Regional anaesthetic techniques are useful for providing post-operative pain control for ambulatory surgery in children. This chapter focuses on unique features of paediatric anatomy and physiology that allow successful performance of these techniques. An ...
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Journal ArticleAnesthesiol Clin North Am · March 2002
The use of office-based surgery and anesthesia will continue to grow. The anesthesia community has embraced the opportunity to become a driving force of office-based surgery and has organized into rapidly growing groups that promote safe practice in the of ...
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Journal ArticleTechniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management · January 1, 2002
Paravertebral nerve block is a very effective method of postoperative pain control that is ideal for certain unilateral operative procedures in which bilateral blockade is not necessary. The quality of the block may be superior to that seen with epidural a ...
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Journal ArticleCan J Anaesth · February 2000
PURPOSE: To describe neuromuscular effects of rapacuronium in pediatric patients during N2O-halothane anesthesia and compare them with mivacurium in children. METHODS: 103 pediatric patients, seven days -12 yr, received rapacuronium or mivacurium during N2 ...
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Journal ArticleCurr Rev Pain · 1999
Managing pain in children is a complex area that requires an understanding of the unique challenges offered by this young population. Regional anesthesia is emerging as an adjunct to pain management in children, particularly in the perioperative arena.The ...
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Journal ArticleJ Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · October 1998
OBJECTIVE: To determine if vein localization with an audio Doppler increases successful central venous cannulation and decreases complications in infants and children when performed by inexperienced operators, compared with vein localization by anatomic la ...
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Journal ArticlePaediatr Anaesth · 1998
We describe the use of remifentanil in three infants with complex medical issues (hepatic failure, cyanotic heart disease and renal compromise). The short duration of opioid effect even after a long period of drug infusion (18 h) suggests this drug may be ...
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Journal ArticleRegional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine · January 1, 1998
Introduction: Thoracic epidural anesthesia via the caudal route in infants and children has been shown to be a reliable alternative to direct thoracic epidural placement1'2. The caudal route avoids difficulties and hazards of trochar insertion in the lumba ...
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Journal ArticleNeuroendocrinology · November 1992
Stress in adult rats causes an inhibition of growth hormone (GH) secretion which might be mediated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). The response of neonates to stress differs from that observed in adults, including changes in GH secretion that are ...
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