Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jun 2002
Comparative StudyAirway management in spontaneously breathing anaesthetized children: comparison of the Laryngeal Mask Airway with the cuffed oropharyngeal airway.
The efficacy and safety of the smallest size of the cuffed oropharyngeal airway (COPA) for school age, spontaneously breathing children was investigated and compared with the Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA). ⋯ The COPA is a good extratracheal airway that provides new possibilities for airway management in school age children with an adequate and well sealed airway, during spontaneous breathing or during short-term assisted manual ventilation.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · May 2002
Comparative StudySevoflurane versus halothane: effect of oxycodone premedication on emergence behaviour in children.
Clinical studies have provided conflicting conclusions about whether the frequency of emergence agitation is increased in children following sevoflurane anaesthesia. The purpose of the study was to determine a frequency and duration of agitation with halothane and sevoflurane anaesthesia and whether oxycodone premedication affected the incidence of emergence agitation in children. ⋯ Oxycodone reduced the frequency of agitation in children who received halothane, but not in the children who received sevoflurane anaesthesia.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · May 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe effect of baricity of intrathecal morphine in children receiving tetracaine spinal anaesthesia for cardiac surgery: a preliminary report.
This prospective, randomized study examined the effect of baricity of intrathecal preservative-free morphine on the duration of postoperative analgesia and incidence of side-effects in infants and children receiving high spinal anaesthesia with hyperbaric tetracaine in combination with a light general anaesthetic. ⋯ When intrathecal morphine is administered in conjunction with a hyperbaric tetracaine spinal to paediatric cardiac patients in the head down position, sequential administration of the hypobaric solution may mitigate side-effects.