Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Feb 2018
Observational StudyCharacterization of the functional near-infrared spectroscopy response to nociception in a pediatric population.
Near-infrared spectroscopy can interrogate functional optical signal changes in regional brain oxygenation and blood volume to nociception analogous to functional magnetic resonance imaging. ⋯ Near-infrared spectroscopy detected functional activation to nociception in a broad pediatric population. The near-infrared spectroscopy response appears to represent nociceptive processing because the signals increased with noxious stimulus intensity and duration, and were blocked by analgesics but not paralytics.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Feb 2018
Observational StudyCerebrovascular blood pressure autoregulation monitoring and postoperative transient ischemic attack in pediatric moyamoya vasculopathy.
Children with moyamoya vasculopathy are at high risk of perioperative cerebral ischemia or hyperperfusion. Maintaining blood pressure within the range of functional cerebrovascular blood pressure autoregulation might reduce the risk of perioperative neurologic injury. ⋯ Dysfunctional intraoperative autoregulation may increase the risk of TIA in patients with pediatric moyamoya vasculopathy. The blood pressure range that supports autoregulation appears to vary among patients. Using autoregulation monitoring to guide individualized blood pressure goals should be studied as a potential method to reduce perioperative neurologic morbidity in pediatric patients with moyamoya.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Feb 2018
Perioperative experiences of anesthesia reported by children and parents.
The Sprint National Anaesthesia Project reported feedback from adults but not from children. We developed questionnaires for children and parents, and conducted a survey of perioperative anesthetic experiences in a large pediatric hospital. ⋯ This study shows that the experiences of children and their parents are similar to those of adults reported by the Sprint National Anaesthesia Project. Thirst (and hunger), anxiety, and pain continue to be common problems for many children. This feedback may help direct interventions and research to improve the pediatric patient and parent experience with anesthesia.