Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Apr 1998
Clinical Trial[Thoracic epidural analgesia in the postoperative period of pediatric surgery for the repair of pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum].
To assess thoracic analgesia by continuous infusion in surgery to repair pectus excavatum and carinatum in children. This prospective study enrolled 14 children aged 6 to 14 years old scheduled for surgery to correct pectus excavatum and carinatum. After induction of general anesthesia, the T8-T9 epidural space was accessed and a catheter was inserted to T3-T7 with radioscopic monitoring. ⋯ We recorded one case of pruritus (7.1%), three of nausea (21.4%) that subsided when butorphanol was given epidurally (20 micrograms/kg), and two cases of light sedation. Thoracic epidural analgesia is effective for alleviating postoperative pain from corrective thoracic surgery in children. Side effects were minimal and no anesthetic complications were observed.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Apr 1998
[Preoperative information and informed consent in surgically treated patients].
Providing information is an important part of the doctor-patient relationship. In hospital practice today, patients and/or their families are sometimes given seriously inadequate information. Our aim was to analyze the quality of information received by patients before anesthesia and surgery. ⋯ We must underline the poor quality of patient knowledge about medical procedures and the scarce information provided. Even fewer patients known about the risks of anesthesia. A patient's signing of an informed consent form does not correspond to real knowledge of the risks involved in the procedure.