Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Sep 2003
Multicenter StudyPaediatric intubation in Scottish emergency departments.
Intubation of children in the emergency department setting is uncommon. This prospective observational study examines the practice of paediatric intubation in Scottish adult/paediatric urban emergency departments. ⋯ Paediatric intubation in the emergency department is uncommon. Collaboration and appropriate training for doctors in emergency medicine, anaesthesia and paediatrics is essential.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Sep 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialAssessing behaviour in children emerging from anaesthesia: can we apply psychiatric diagnostic techniques?
No standardized instrument exists for the systematic analysis of emergence behaviour in children after anaesthesia. Our purpose was to evaluate children's behaviour prior to anaesthetic induction and immediately upon emergence to develop an assessment tool using psychiatric terminology and techniques. ⋯ This exploratory study suggests that postanaesthetic behaviour abnormalities with characteristics of distress or delirium can be categorized using known DSM-IV terminology; in our cohort this behaviour was dependent on age and anaesthetic technique.