Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Feb 2003
Case ReportsLaryngotracheo-oesophageal cleft in an infant: airway management during bronchoscopy.
A case of laryngotracheo-oesophageal cleft scheduled for bronchoscopy and repair is described. The authors highlight the difficulties of bronchoscopy in such a patient and suggest simple manoeuvres to negotiate the rigid bronchoscope into the trachea.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Feb 2003
Sedation and neuromuscular blockade in paediatric intensive care: a review of current practice in the UK.
Our aim was to investigate the current practice of sedation and neuromuscular blockade in critically ill children in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the UK. ⋯ Relatively few units possess clinical guidelines for the sedation of critically ill children, and only a minority formally assess sedation levels. Where neuromuscular blocking agents are administered, sedation is frequently inadequately assessed and the depth of neuromuscular blockade is rarely estimated.