Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2018
Ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus block in children and adolescents using a transverse lumbar paravertebral sonogram: Initial experience.
The clinical reliability and reproducibility of ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus blocks is not established in pediatric populations. We present the results of a combined nerve stimulation ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus block using the vertebral body, transverse process, and psoas muscle as landmarks on a transverse lumbar paravertebral sonogram with mid-axillary transducer placement, "shamrock method," in children and adolescents. ⋯ Ultrasound guidance using lateral imaging of transverse process, vertebral body, and psoas muscle allows practitioners to reach the nerves of the lumbar plexus and achieve sensory block in pediatric patients with a high success rate.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2018
Oesophageal atresia: Are "long gap" patients at greater anesthetic risk?
Long gap oesophageal atresia occurs in approximately 10% of all oesophageal atresia infants and surgical repair is often difficult with significant postoperative complications. Our aim was to describe the perioperative course, morbidity, and early results following repair of long gap oesophageal atresia and to identify factors which may be associated with complications. ⋯ Long gap oesophageal atresia infants have a similar incidence of perioperative complications to other infants with oesophageal atresia. Current surgical approaches to long gap repair, however, are associated with longer anesthetic exposures and require multiple procedures in infancy to achieve oesophageal continuity.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2018
Comment LetterReply to Clark, Natasha; Morris, Stephen; Sargant, Nicholas, regarding their comment "Comment on Case Report 'Anaphylactic reaction to tranexamic acid in an adolescent undergoing posterior spinal fusion' by Chiem J, Ivanova I, Jimenez N et al. Paediatric Anaesthesia 2017;27: 774-775."