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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2004
Case ReportsRegional anesthesia in a very low-birth-weight neonate for a neurosurgical procedure.
- Santhanam Suresh and Gregory Bellig.
- Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. ssuresh@northwestern.edu
- Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2004 Jan 1; 29 (1): 58-9.
Background And ObjectivesPeripheral nerve blocks can be successfully utilized in infants for neurosurgical procedures. Our objective was utilizing a series of peripheral nerve blocks for a neurosurgical procedure in a very low-birth-weight neonate.Case ReportWe report the use of supraorbital, great auricular, and greater occipital nerve block in a very low-birth-weight neonate (700 g) who was scheduled for a neurosurgical procedure.DiscussionWe were able to successfully utilize peripheral nerve blocks and were able to blunt physiologic responses to surgical stress without compromising hemodynamic stability using high-dose opioids.
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