Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2021
Case ReportsPediatric acute compartment syndrome due to surgical positioning: a case report.
Pediatric acute compartment syndrome from surgical positioning may be difficult to recognize. Increasing anxiety and analgesic requirements can suggest developing compartment syndrome. We present a case of compartment syndrome after a non-orthopedic surgery.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2021
Antinociceptive Effect of Vapocoolant Medium Stream Spray onHotplate LatencyinRat Pups.
Heel sticks account for most blood tests performed in neonates without analgesia because topical local anesthetics are ineffective on heel glabrous skin. We investigated the antinociceptive effect of an alternative topical analgesic, a vapocoolant spray, on hind paw glabrous skin of rat pups. The spray was applied by two methods: method 1 for 4 s at a distance of 8 cm and method 2 for 10 s at a distance of 18 cm. ⋯ Compared with method- 1, the vapocoolant spray in method 2 produced significantly longer withdrawal latency time that is clinically applicable to collecting blood samples after a heel stick.