Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001
Prediction of difficult airway in school-aged patients with microtia.
Because the ear and mandible develop from the first and second branchial arches and first branchial cleft, abnormalities of the ear may be a sign that intubation will be difficult. We hypothesized that children with microtia would have a greater incidence of difficult laryngeal visualization with conventional rigid laryngoscopy compared to those with normal facial anatomy. ⋯ There was a strong positive correlation between the number of involved abnormal anatomical components according to the OMENS classification and the degree of difficult visualization of the larynx in patients with both bilateral and unilateral microtia (Spearman rank order correlation coefficient=0.85 and 0.88, respectively).
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialComparison of recovery after intermediate duration of anaesthesia with sevoflurane and isoflurane.
The purpose of this study was to compare recovery from anaesthesia after sevoflurane and isoflurane were administered to children for more than 90 min. ⋯ After intermediate duration of anaesthesia administered to children for up to 90 min, isoflurane and sevoflurane allow recovery after approximatively the same lapse of time.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDistal oesophageal pH measurement in children during general anaesthesia using the laryngeal mask airway, tracheal tube and face mask.
Distal oesophageal pH was measured during controlled ventilation in children with the laryngeal mask airway (LMATM), tracheal tube (TT) and face mask (FM). ⋯ There was no difference in the median pH values, within and between the groups (P > 0.05). We conclude that there is no difference in gastro-oesophageal reflux, when using a LMA, TT or FM during controlled ventilation in anaesthetized children.