Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatr Anaesth
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Infants placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or mechanical ventilation often need continuous morphine infusions for pain relief and sedation. The resulting physical dependence requires an additional 2-3-week hospital stay to taper the morphine to avoid withdrawal. Buprenorphine effectively blocks abstinence in dependent adults, and in infants it could accelerate or eliminate the tapering schedule, thereby enabling earlier hospital dismissals. ⋯ Buprenorphine may prove to be a suitable drug for treating opioid withdrawal in human infants.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Aug 2004
Letter Case ReportsAnesthetic management of a child with xeroderma pigmentosum.