Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Nov 2019
Multicenter Study Observational StudyEpidemiology of Regional Anaesthesia in Children: Lessons learned from the European Multi-Institutional Study APRICOT.
Recently, the European prospective observational multicenter cohort study, APRICOT, reported anesthesia techniques and complications in more than 31 000 pediatric procedures. The main objective of this study was to analyze the current practice in regional anesthesia in the 33 countries that participated to APRICOT. ⋯ These data show a large predominance of central and truncal blocks in APRICOT study. Ultrasound guidance was mainly used for peripheral nerve blocks while central blocks were performed using landmark techniques.