Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Aug 2010
Supplementing desflurane with intravenous anesthesia reduces fetal cardiac dysfunction during open fetal surgery.
To lower the incidence and severity of fetal cardiovascular depression during maternal fetal surgery under general anesthesia. ⋯ SIVA as described provides adequate maternal anesthesia and uterine relaxation, and it allows for decreased use of desflurane during open fetal surgery. Decreased use of desflurane may better preserve fetal cardiac function.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Aug 2010
Biography Historical ArticleAn appreciation of Robert Moors Smith MD, an icon of pediatric anesthesiology.
Robert Moors Smith M. D. passed away recently at the age of 97. During his chairmanship of the Department of Anesthesiology at Children's Hospital Boston from 1946 to 1980 he gained world prominence for his contributions to the anesthetic care of children and the education of generations of pediatric anesthesiologists. His dedicated and earnest approach, reflected in tribute and in his own words, provide a window on pediatric anesthesia during its development into a recognized subspecialty in the 20th century.