The Science of Regional Anesthesia in Children
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Regional anesthesia is being administered to an increasing number of infants and children, and there is a growing body of literature regarding age-related differences in local anesthetic pharmacology and toxicology, and in clinical application of various regional anesthetic techniques in pediatrics. This lecture will review some aspects of the basic, translational and clinical science of regional anesthesia in pediatrics. Despite the title “The Science of ...”, as requested by the conference organizers, it will become apparent that much of what guides our current practice of pediatric regional anesthesia is based on art, belief and custom, rather than evidence (Broadman and Holt, 2007).
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تاریخ انتشار 2007