• Der Anaesthesist · Dec 1992

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    [Pediatric surgery. A comparison of spinal anesthesia and general anesthesia].

    • H Kokki, H Hendolin, J Vainio, and J Partanen.
    • Abteilung für Anaesthesie, Universitätszentralkrankenhaus Kuopio, Finnland.
    • Anaesthesist. 1992 Dec 1;41(12):765-8.

    AbstractForty patients aged 2 to 5 years who were admitted for paediatric operations were randomly assigned to have either spinal or general anaesthesia. Spinal anaesthesia was achieved with isobaric bupivacaine 0.5% at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg. General anaesthesia was induced with thiopentone 2-5 mg/kg and continued with low-dose fentanyl (1-2 micrograms/kg, oxygen/nitrous oxide/isoflurane (30/70/0.1-0.5%), vecuronium normoventilating the patients. The time spent in the operation room was shorter in the spinal anaesthesia group because the children were awake and could immediately be transferred. The haemodynamic pattern and respiratory function were stable during spinal anaesthesia. After general anaesthesia, respiratory function deteriorated as indicated by arterial desaturation (< 90%), which was detected in 11 of the 20 patients after general anaesthesia. Vomiting (2), sore throat (4) and micturition difficulties (2) were the adverse events associated with general anaesthesia. Three patients were restless after spinal anaesthesia. It can be concluded that spinal anaesthesia is a suitable anaesthetic technique for paediatric surgery.

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