Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialPharmacokinetics and analgesic effect of ropivacaine following ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block in children.
The aim was to investigate the efficacy, tolerance and pharmacokinetics of ropivavcaine when administered for ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric block in children. ⋯ A dose of 3 mg.kg-1 of ropivacaine given as a single ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block in 1-12-year-old children provides satisfactory postoperative pain relief, and is well tolerated.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe effect on intraocular pressure of tracheal intubation or laryngeal mask insertion during sevoflurane anaesthesia in children without the use of muscle relaxants.
We studied the effects of sevoflurane on intraocular pressure after induction in children undergoing either tracheal tube (TT) or laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion without a muscle relaxant ⋯ Sevoflurane does not prevent the increase in IOP after intubation without muscle relaxants. LMA does not increase IOP in children after sevoflurane induction.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001
Survey of the use of oesophageal and precordial stethoscopes in current paediatric anaesthetic practice.
The aim of the study was to examine the use of oesophageal and precordial stethoscopes for monitoring in current paediatric anaesthetic practice in the UK and Ireland. ⋯ Use of the stethoscope as a continuous monitor has decreased and most anaesthetists feel it has been superseded by other monitoring. However, almost one-third of anaesthetists recorded critical incidents they had been involved with where an oesophageal or precordial stethoscope detected the incident early. Complications of these monitoring devices were rare and the main factors limiting their use was the presence of better monitoring, such as pulse oximetry and capnography, and lack of availability.