Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · May 2014
Case ReportsAnesthetic management of bronchial rupture following extraction of a fishbone from the bronchus after 5 months.
Bronchial rupture occurred during bronchoscopic visualization and extraction of a fishbone from the bronchus in a 2-year-old male patient with a 5-month history of foreign body aspiration. Emergency thoracotomy was scheduled for examination and surgical repair of the bronchus. ⋯ An endotracheal tube was inserted into one of the main bronchi. Peripheral oxygen saturation improved from 60% to 90%, and subsequent surgery was performed without complications.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Apr 2014
Observational StudyEffect of cerebral circulatory arrest on cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy in pediatric patients.
The aim was to investigate whether cerebral transcutaneous near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) or two-site NIRS is a suitable monitoring tool to detect or confirm a cerebral circulatory arrest in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients. ⋯ cNIRS did detect cerebral circulatory arrest with high sensitivity. Specificity was, however, not high enough to confirm a cerebral circulatory arrest.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Apr 2014
Historical ArticleBreaking the glass ceiling: an interview with Dr. Shirley Graves, a pioneering woman in medicine.
Shirley Graves M. D., D. Sc. (honorary) (1936), Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the University of Florida, was one of the most influential women in medicine in the 1960 and 1970s, a time when the medical profession was overwhelmingly male-dominated. ⋯ Graves was a pioneer in the fields of pediatric anesthesia and pediatric critical care medicine. She identifies her development of the pediatric intensive care unit and her leadership in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia at the University of Florida as her defining contributions. Through her journal articles, book chapters, national and international lectures, and leadership in the American Society of Anesthesiology and the Florida Society of Anesthesiology, she inspired a generation of men and women physicians to conquer the unthinkable and break through the glass ceiling.