BACKGROUND Heat and moisture exchangers (HME) are often used to maintain humidity of breathing circuits during anesthesia. It is also known to increase dead space ventilation in respiratory distress syndromes. However, the effect of a pediatric HME in healthy pediatric patients has not yet been clarified. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a pediatric HME on dead space in h...

Recent findings support the use of ultrasonographic guidance in pediatric regional anesthesia. This review article illustrates basic knowledge in physics of ultrasound and ultrasonographic appearance of neuronal structures, which are prerequisites for the safe application of this technique in daily clinical practice. A critical view on education and ethics in science should emphasize future dev...

Objective: Bibliometric analysis can be used to assess the contributions of scholars, institutions, countries by examining materials published in a certain discipline. The objective this study is make bibliometric field pediatric anesthesia and examine Turkey’s contribution research field. Methods: I search engine Web Science (WoS), included all types (original articles, reviews, letters, edito...

This study observed the clinical efficacy of pre-injection of dexmedetomidine of different doses before surgery and the adverse reactions during the recovery period in pediatric intravenous general anesthesia without tracheal intubation. Pediatric patients who received general anesthesia without tracheal intubation before surgery from January 2016 to March 2017 were randomly divided into four g...

Caudal anesthesia is the single most important pediatric regional anesthetic technique. The technique is relatively easy to learn (1), has a remarkable safety record (2), and can be used for a large variety of procedures. The technique has been reviewed in the English (3) and French (4) literature, as well as in German guidelines (5) and in pediatric anesthesia textbooks (6).

For several years, total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) has demonstrated many advantages that allow consideration of propofol anesthesia as an interesting alternative in pediatric anesthesia. TIVA in children requires calculation and validation of pharmacokinetic (PK) models specifically adapted to the pediatric population. Several PK models based on a 3-compartment approach have been proposed i...

This systematic review of the Brazilian and worldwide literature aimed to evaluate the incidence and causes of perioperative and anesthesia-related mortality in pediatric patients. Studies were identified by searching EMBASE (1951-2011), PubMed (1966-2011), LILACS (1986-2011), and SciElo (1995-2011). Each paper was revised to identify the author(s), the data source, the time period, the number ...

Background: Anesthesia is essential to facilitate the majority of pediatric electrophysiology studies (EPS); however, a risk of an arrhythmia exists during its induction. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of arrhythmia during anesthesia induction in pediatric EPS. Methods: IRB approved retrospective review of pediatric EPS from 1/99 to 1/14. Inclusion criteria: Age ≤ 21 y...