Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Dec 2017
Nurse-driven analgesia and sedation in pediatric patients with univentricular hearts requiring extracorporeal life support after first-stage palliation surgery: A pilot study.
Few data are available regarding requirements of sedation and analgesia in children during extracorporeal life support. ⋯ A nurse-driven protocol for analgesia and sedation of children with extracorporeal life support is feasible. Patients with extracorporeal life support do not need deeper sedation levels and have not higher cumulative sedation requirements than children without extracorporeal life support.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Dec 2017
Observational StudyDetermination of the optimal depth of a left internal jugular venous catheter in infants: A prospective observational study.
Few reports exist regarding the optimal depth of a left-sided central venous catheter in pediatric patients. We aimed to provide a guideline for the optimal depth of central venous catheters at the left internal jugular vein in infants, using anatomical landmarks, age, height, and weight. ⋯ In infants, the optimal depth of a central venous catheter at the left internal jugular vein can be determined with a simple formula using height.