Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2014
Hunger and thirst numeric rating scales are not valid estimates for gastric content volumes: a prospective investigation in healthy children.
A rating scale for thirst and hunger was evaluated as a noninvasive, simple and commonly available tool to estimate preanesthetic gastric volume, a surrogate parameter for the risk of perioperative pulmonary aspiration, in healthy volunteer school age children. ⋯ Hunger and thirst scores vary considerably inter- and intra-individually and cannot predict gastric volume, nor do they correlate with fasting times in school age children.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2014
Status of pediatric anesthesiology fellowship research education in the United States: a survey of fellowship program directors.
Currently, very little information is known regarding the research education of pediatric anesthesia fellows. ⋯ Structured research curriculum is associated with increased research productivity during pediatric anesthesia fellowship. Important barriers to fellows' research education include high clinical demands and lack of research time for faculty. Despite acknowledging the poor research education, a small minority of fellowship directors supports the addition of an extra year exclusively dedicated to research.