1 Mehmet Emin İnce1, Gökhan Özkan1, Ayhan Kılıç2, Suat Doğancı3, Vedat Yıldırım1 1Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, 3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Pediyatrik Atriyal Septal Defekt için Anestezi / Anesthesia for Pediatric Atrial Septal Defect Anesthesia Management for Transcatheter Atria...

1. Describe the indications for regional anesthesia in the pediatric patient, as well as appropriate patient selection criteria. 2. Enumerate the benefits of regional anesthesia for pain management, specific to the pediatric outpatient population. 3. Review the recent advances that have propelled regional anesthesia into everyday use including novel techniques, improved equipment, and refined a...

BACKGROUND The American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification (ASA-PS) is used worldwide by anesthesia providers as an assessment of the preoperative physical status of patients. This assessment score has been inconsistently assigned by anesthesia providers among adult surgical patients. This study tested the reliability of assignment of ASA-PS classification among pediatr...

introduction: elective upper and lower gi endoscopy is usually performed in children on an outpatient basis with the child under sedation or general anesthesia (ga). the objective of this study was to describe anesthesia related complications in   children undergoing elective gi endoscopy.   materials and methods: the study design was descriptive on 1388 patients undergoing elective gi endoscop...

We performed a cross-sectional study to explore a potential association between preoperative anxiety and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). The study enrolled 51 unpremedicated children 5–16 yr old undergoing outpatient surgery and standardized general anesthesia. Anxiety of children was assessed in the preoperative holding area and during the induction of anesthesia. The incidence of na...

Epidural catheters (EC) are often used in pediatric patients for intraoperative and postoperative pain relief. The small anatomical structures and catheter insertion under general anesthesia make it more difficult to perform EC and to prevent damage. In this study we investigated the use of ultrasound (US) in detecting neuraxial structures during insertion and placement of EC in children. ASA I...

Pediatric anesthesia has developed concurrently with pediatric surgery. Improved surgical techniques plus the introduction of antibiotics as well as greater knowledge of fluid and electrolyte therapy and improved anesthetic drugs and techniques, have recognized that the child is not just a small adult. Among the first to contribute to the development of modern pediatric anesthesia were Digby Le...

Background: International guidelines recommend two hours of clear fluid fasting prior to general anesthesia. The pediatric anesthesia unit of Uppsala University Hospital implements a more liberal fasting regime for more than a decade; thus children scheduled for elective procedures are allowed to drink clear fluids until called to theatre. We hypothesized that this practice would not increase t...

Interest in global health to provide safer pediatric surgical care in developing countries has increased during the last decade. A collaborative effort between surgeons and anesthesiologists has provided the opportunity to deliver specialized care to children, particularly in the areas of cleft lip and palate repair. However, medical resources, facilities, and adequately trained personnel, espe...