Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2011
Reconstituted blood reduces blood donor exposures in children undergoing craniofacial reconstruction surgery.
To assess the effect of prophylactic administration of fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) in the form of reconstituted blood in children undergoing craniofacial reconstruction. The outcomes of interest included immediate postoperative coagulation laboratory test results, postoperative surgical drain output, and the number of unique blood donor exposures incurred. ⋯ Prophylactic administration of FFP in the form of donor-matched reconstituted blood in children undergoing craniofacial reconstruction was associated with improved postoperative coagulation parameters, reduced blood donor exposures, and unchanged postoperative surgical drain output.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2011
Perioperative complications in children with Apert syndrome: a review of 509 anesthetics.
To perform a retrospective, anesthesia case note review in children with Apert Syndrome. ⋯ We found there to be a low incidence of major perioperative major complications in this group of patients. Nevertheless, a significant proportion of these children have obstructive sleep apnoea and may develop supraglottic airway obstruction on induction and emergence from anesthesia due to the associated mid-face anatomical abnormalities.