Anesthesia and Childhood Obesity
1. The global pandemic of obesity is a serious public health concern that has affected both adults and children. 2. The etiology of childhood obesity is multifactorial and involves complex interactions between…
Management of General Anesthesia
1. Both the parent’s and the anesthesiologist’s interactions with the child during the preoperative visit and induction have significant impact on the child’s postoperative behavior. Distraction, humor, and reinterpretation of medical…
The Eye: Pediatric Ophthalmological Surgery
1. Awareness and management of intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important part of the anesthetic care of children undergoing many ophthalmologic procedures. 2. In most ophthalmologic surgeries, the patient must be kept…
Delivery Room Issues and Resuscitation of the Newborn
1. The importance of clarifying roles of all physicians, RN’s and other health care personnel in the delivery room resuscitation of newborns cannot be overemphasized enough. 2. Ventilation of the lungs is…
Pediatric Resuscitation
1. Although many cases of cardiac arrest in pediatric anesthesia are due to the child’s underlying condition(s), anesthetic-related events do account for a significant portion of arrests. 2. Among the anesthesia related…
Integumentary System
1. While the incidence of burns is decreasing in western countries, 20% of burns are seen in children <5 years of age and 29% in children <16 years of age. 2. The…
Abnormalities of the Immune Response and Infection
1. While many patients with a diagnosis of asthma have relatively uneventful anesthetics, all children who carry that diagnosis should be carefully and thoroughly evaluated prior to induction and plans made…
General Preoperative Evaluation and Consultative Pediatric Anesthesia
1. In pediatric anesthesia, the evaluation of the patient’s psychological state is of particular importance. 2. There are no routine laboratory evaluations for pediatric patients. Rather, the specific procedure will dictate what…
