Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2000
Anaesthesia for manipulation of forearm fractures in children: a survey of current practice.
Despite recent recommendations that all children presenting for urgent or emergency surgery should be treated as though they have a full stomach, a local audit had shown a wide variation in technique used for anaesthesia in children after trauma. Therefore, a postal questionnaire was sent to 500 anaesthetists regarding their preferred anaesthetic technique for a 6-year-old child requiring manipulation of a forearm fracture. ⋯ Only 19.3% would perform a rapid sequence induction for surgery on the day of injury if the child had not eaten for 6 h before the injury. We conclude that not all anaesthetists believe that rapid sequence induction is necessary for anaesthesia after forearm fractures, despite recent recommendations.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2000
Case ReportsDislodgement of bronchial foreign body during retrieval in children.
Foreign body aspiration is a leading cause of death in children aged less than 1 year. The removal of a foreign body poses a great challenge to the skill of the anaesthetist. Four cases are presented, analysing the part played by modes of respiration in the dislodgement of a bronchial foreign body during its retrieval.