Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Feb 2007
Comment Letter Case ReportsPostextubation adverse events in children undergoing general anesthesia.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyPrevention of hypothermia in children under combined epidural and general anesthesia: a comparison between upper- and lower-body warming.
Children receiving combined epidural and general anesthesia may be at greater risk of hypothermia. Active warming should be undertaken to combat heat loss. With combined epidural and general anesthesia heat loss from the lower body may be greater than from the upper body because of shift of blood towards the vasodilated lower body. We assumed that application of the warming blanket to the lower body might provide better protection against hypothermia. To test this hypothesis, lower-body warming (LBW) was compared with upper-body warming (UBW) in a randomized comparative study. ⋯ Lower body warming is as effective as UBW in prevention of hypothermia in children subjected to combined epidural and general anesthesia.