Paediatric anaesthesia
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Tuberous sclerosis (TS) is a hamartomatous disease that usually presents with cutaneous and intracranial lesions, but can also affect other organ systems. ⋯ Patients with TS and neurological disorders frequently have coexisting cardiac and renal disease as well. Patients with TS should be evaluated for these organ specific disorders prior to surgery.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Oct 2002
Perioperative management of tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve.
Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve is a rare form of congenital heart disease. The records of patients with this lesion were reviewed over a 6(1/2) year period, and the perioperative management of 13 patients is described. ⋯ There were significant differences in postoperative outcome between younger versus older patients: days of ventilation 37 +/- 41 versus 1 +/- 0.6 days, length of ICU stay 28 +/- 31 versus 3 +/- 1 days and length of hospital stay 64 +/- 48 versus 9 +/- 5 days.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Oct 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialSpinal versus peripheral effects of adjunct clonidine: comparison of the analgesic effect of a ropivacaine-clonidine mixture when administered as a caudal or ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve blockade for inguinal surgery in children.
The adjunctive use of clonidine to local anaesthetics has been reported to enhance analgesia both after spinal and peripheral administration. However, no attempt has been made to compare spinal and peripheral application of clonidine in the same surgical context in order to further explore the mechanism for the analgesic action of clonidine when administered together with local anaesthetics. ⋯ This pilot study demonstrates a trend for better postoperative analgesia following peripheral administration of clonidine compared with central application. However, the main mechanism for the adjunct analgesic effect of clonidine when administered together with local anaesthetics requires further study.