Perioperative Care of Children with a Difficult Airway

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Perioperative Care of Children with a Difficult Airway

Anatomical airway obstructions Functional airway obstructions Causes Causes Inadequate head position Inadequate anaesthesia Poor face mask technique Laryngospasm Large adenoids/tonsils/obesity Muscle rigidity Secretions Bronchospasm Treatment Treatment Repositioning/reopening/Guedel Deepen anaesthesia Two-hand/two-person…

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Perioperative Care of Neonates with Airway Obstruction

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Perioperative Care of Neonates with Airway Obstruction

Fig. 18.1 Benjamin’s and Inglis’ classification of laryngeal clefts. Type 1: Interarythenoid defect, type 2: extending partially into the cricoid cartilage, type 3 complete seperation of the cricoid cartilage extending…

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Prevention of Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Prevention of Chronic Postsurgical Pain

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Marinella Astuto and Pablo M Ingelmo (eds.)Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric AnesthesiaAnesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children10.1007/978-3-319-21960-8_25 25. Prevention of Chronic Postsurgical Pain Gonzalo Rivera1, 2   (1) Department of…

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Long-Term Consequences of Anesthesia (and Surgery) on the Infant Brain

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Long-Term Consequences of Anesthesia (and Surgery) on the Infant Brain

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Marinella Astuto and Pablo M Ingelmo (eds.)Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric AnesthesiaAnesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children10.1007/978-3-319-21960-8_24 24. Long-Term Consequences of Anesthesia (and Surgery) on the Infant Brain…

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Acute Pain Management and Prevention

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Acute Pain Management and Prevention

Age Self-report scale Hetero-evaluation scale Premature and infants n/a PIPP-R,COMFORT Before 3 years n/a FLACC After 5–6 years Faces, Poker Chips, NRS, VAS FLACC, CHEOPS Situation PACU/ward VAS, Faces, Poker…

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Negative Behaviour After Surgery

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Negative Behaviour After Surgery

Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale Face  0. No particular expression/smile, eye contact and interest in surroundings  1. Occasional grimace or frown, withdrawn, disinterested, worried look to face, eyebrows lowered,…

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Perioperative Medicine

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Perioperative Medicine

Fig. 1.1 Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for abdominal surgery: perioperative elements. Published by Varadhan KK et al Crit Care Clin 2010;26:527–47– Fig. 3. Components of ERAS. – Elsevier Inc…

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Preoperative Preparation

Sep 22, 2016 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Preoperative Preparation

Fig. 3.1 Play preparation for anesthesia by Giocamico Specialists also prepare children who have to undergo painful procedures in sedation analgesia. Also promising is the preparation of children aged 5–10…

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