Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 1996
Letter Case ReportsAnaesthetic management for Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 1996
Left ventricular functions are not impaired after lumbar epidural anaesthesia in young children.
We studied the haemodynamic and cardiovascular effects of epidural anaesthesia with plain bupivacaine 0.75 ml.kg-1 in 13 unpremedicated ASA 1 children using measurements of heart rate, blood pressure and M-mode echocardiography. Under general anaesthesia, M-mode echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular function in each patient was performed at four points (after general anaesthesia, point A; 5 min, 10 min and 25 min after epidural anaesthesia, point B; point C; and point D, respectively). ⋯ No other M-mode cardiographic indices were changed at any point. Epidural anaesthesia using 0.25% bupivacaine 0.75 ml.kg-1 did not affect LV function in young children.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 1995
CRIES: a new neonatal postoperative pain measurement score. Initial testing of validity and reliability.
We have developed a neonatal pain assessment tool CRIES. The tool is a ten point scale similar to the APGAR score (Apgar 1953). It is an acronym of five physiological and behavioural variables previously shown to be associated with neonatal pain. ⋯ We have tested CRIES for validity and reliability. This report is the result of that testing. We have found CRIES to be valid, reliable and well accepted by neonatal nurses.