Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Aug 2004
Comment Letter Case ReportsA rare cause of upper airway obstruction in a 5-year-old girl: a laryngeal web.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Aug 2004
Letter Case ReportsAnesthetic management in a child with Coffin-Siris syndrome.
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Infants placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or mechanical ventilation often need continuous morphine infusions for pain relief and sedation. The resulting physical dependence requires an additional 2-3-week hospital stay to taper the morphine to avoid withdrawal. Buprenorphine effectively blocks abstinence in dependent adults, and in infants it could accelerate or eliminate the tapering schedule, thereby enabling earlier hospital dismissals. ⋯ Buprenorphine may prove to be a suitable drug for treating opioid withdrawal in human infants.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialAnalgesia for adenotonsillectomy in children: a comparison of morphine, ketamine and tramadol.
Establishment of good analgesia is of major concern in the postoperative period following adenotonsillectomy. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of ketamine, morphine and tramadol on postoperative pain after adenotonsillectomy in children. ⋯ Morphine hydrochloride 0.1 mg x kg(-1) i.v. administered during induction of anaesthesia provides efficient pain relief in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy.