The Critically Ill Child
Because critically ill children may occasionally present for emergency surgery, all anesthesiologists should have a working knowledge of the most common critical illnesses and their therapies. In this chapter, we…
Trauma and Burn Management
With approximately 15,000 deaths per year, trauma is the leading cause of death in children over 1 year of age in the United States. Anesthesiologists and anesthetists in nearly every…
Chronic Pain
Pain is considered chronic when it is constant or recurrent and lasts for more than 3 months. It may persist because of ongoing tissue inflammation, as seen in children with…
Analgesic Medications
Insufficient knowledge about the pharmacology of analgesic medications in the pediatric age group has led to inadequate treatment of pediatric pain partly related to the fluctuating pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics properties…
Acute Pain Management
“Acute pain” in the pediatric setting is generally nociceptive pain arising from tissue injury, inflammation, or infection. It is typically most pronounced immediately after the insult and gradually improves as…
Local Anesthetics and Adjuvant Analgesics
Local anesthetics are synthetic derivatives of cocaine, a plant alkaloid obtained from the leaves of the South American coca plant, and the first local anesthetic to be discovered. Cocaine is…
Pediatric Pain Assessment
The next several chapters are dedicated to teaching trainees about pediatric pain and the various options for pain management in children. In this first of five chapters, we introduce the…
Remote Anesthetizing Locations
More and more pediatric anesthesia cases are scheduled in non operating room (OR) locations. These locations are often far from the main surgical area, and some anesthesiologists feel out of…
Urologic Surgery
Most urologic procedures are simple surgical repairs in healthy children and are performed on an outpatient basis. Some children require complex repairs, and it helps to understand the repair to…
Postoperative Considerations
The pediatric postanesthesia care unit (PACU) is a noisy and chaotic environment. Nurses are attempting to calm crying toddlers, parents are being educated, physicians are being summoned for discharge orders,…
