The development of the technique of continuous spinal anesthesia as it relates to the obstetric population is recounted. The advantages and disadvantages of continuous spinal anesthesia are examined, currently available catheters and kits are reviewed, and strategies for the management of continuous spinal techniques for labor analgesia and surgical anesthesia are discussed. Continuous spinal a...

Despite a relatively universally applicable knowledge base and skill set, training and experience in pediatric cardiac anesthesia in currently organized basic anesthesia and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellowship programs are very limited and not uniformly available. Experience during Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship training is uniformly available but of limited duration and varying intensi...