29 Noncardiac Surgery in Neonates and Infants With Cardiac Disease Annette Y. Schure Introduction The incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) is about 4–9 per 1000 live-born full-term infants. Recent…
31 Anesthesia for Transplant Surgery Evan Burke and Franklyn Cladis Introduction Thomas E. Starzl performed the first successful orthotopic pediatric liver transplant in 1967 at the University of Colorado. The…
30 Neonatal and Infant Tumors Laura H. Leduc Tumors in neonates and infants are rare but potentially life-threatening. According to the most recent data from 2007 through 2011, tracked by…
21 Anesthesia for Otolaryngologic Procedures in Infants and Neonates T. Anthony Anderson , Richard Anderson , and Charles Nargozian Choanal Atresia and Stenosis Choanal atresia and stenosis are congenital defects…
33 Anesthesia for Conjoined Twins Philip D. Bailey and Lynne G. Maxwell Conjoined twins are identical twins whose bodies are joined in utero. The prevalence is estimated to range from…
20 Anesthesia for Neurosurgical Procedures Roby Sebastian and Craig D. McClain Introduction The central nervous system (CNS) is a complicated network of neurons that integrates a myriad of sensory input…
27 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Elizabeth C. Eastburn and Bridget L. Muldowney Introduction The diaphragm begins to form at four weeks gestation and is completely formed by the eighth to tenth…
18 New Anesthetic Agents on the Horizon Thomas Weismueller and Kai Matthes Introduction Every year six million children, including 1.5 million infants, receive general anesthesia for a surgical procedure within…
16 Neonatal Ventilation Strategies Gerhard K. Wolf Introduction Neonatal lung injury differs from acute lung injury (ALI) in older children and adults in a number of ways. Neonatal respiratory failure…
7 Oxygen Management Concerns About Both Hyperoxia and Hypoxia in Neonates During Critical Care and Intraoperatively Augusto Sola Introduction Many therapies and interventions are not based on proven benefit, but…
