Paediatric anaesthesia
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A 2 year-old boy presented with acute upper airway obstruction following a 15-month history of noisy breathing and hoarseness. An urgent laryngotracheal bronchoscopy was performed following inhalational induction of anesthesia. ⋯ Twelve days later, the tracheostomy was successfully decannulated with the child's voice beginning to normalize. The family remembered the decoration from Christmas celebrations 2 years prior and recalled a coughing episode that predated the onset of hoarseness.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Dec 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialThe effect of epidural vs intravenous analgesia for posterior spinal fusion surgery.
The study objective was to compare epidural vs intravenous postoperative analgesia in posterior spinal fusion surgery patients. ⋯ By evaluating morphine sulfate usage between groups, the analgesic effectiveness of continuous thoracic epidural analgesia bupivacaine and fentanyl doses used revealed no significant improvement over intravenous morphine sulfate analgesia alone in patients after posterior spinal fusion surgery.