Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2016
Postoperative pain management in Latino families: parent beliefs about analgesics predict analgesic doses provided to children.
The present study examined whether parental perceptions of children's pain impacted home-based pain management following outpatient surgery in a sample of Latino families from low socioeconomic backgrounds. ⋯ Preoperative parents' beliefs regarding analgesics for treatment of children's pain may adversely impact parent postoperative analgesic administration at home in Latino families.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2016
Observational StudyValidity of sidestream endtidal carbon dioxide measurement in critically ill, mechanically ventilated children.
Capnography is used to monitor the endtidal carbon dioxide tension (EtCO2) in exhaled gas. Sidestream capnography has great potential to monitor mechanically ventilated pediatric patients, given the continuous sampling from the endotracheal tube into a gas sensor. However, hemodynamic and respiratory impairments may reduce reliability and validity of sidestream capnography to monitor arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) in critically ill, mechanically ventilated children. ⋯ Sidestream capnography in mechanically ventilated infants and children seems moderately reliable and valid when corrected for individual differences. Therefore, it could only be used with caution for trend estimation in the individual patient.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2016
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialThe addition of clonidine to bupivacaine in saphenous/sciatic nerve blocks in children.