Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · May 2016
Pediatric anesthesiology fellow education: is a simulation-based boot camp feasible and valuable?
Pediatric anesthesiologists must manage crises in neonates and children with timely responses and limited margin for error. Teaching the range of relevant skills during a 12-month fellowship is challenging. An experiential simulation-based curriculum can augment acquisition of knowledge and skills. ⋯ A simulation-based BC for pediatric anesthesiology fellows was feasible, perceived to improve confidence, knowledge, technical skills, and clinical performance, and was not too basic.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · May 2016
Pulmonary aspiration under GA: a 13-year audit in a tertiary pediatric unit.
Pulmonary aspiration is a known risk of general anesthesia. We aim to find out the incidence, risk factors, and outcome of pulmonary aspiration in our pediatric population. ⋯ The incidence of aspiration under general anesthesia in our hospital is comparable to published reports. Our audit highlights the fact that pulmonary aspiration although rare mostly occur in healthy ASA 1 and 2 children with no prior history. Emergency surgeries put the patient at a higher risk of aspiration. They occurred usually during induction, a process which tends to be variable (in technique and duration) for pediatric patients.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · May 2016
Letter Case ReportsFailed caudal block in a child with pelvic neuroblastoma.