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2025 ESAIC and ESPA Guidelines on neuromuscular block in anaesthetised children
Indications, monitoring and reversal.
European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Submitted July 2026 by Dr Eamonn Upperton
This is the first guideline on the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in anaesthetised children, developed by a task-force appointed by the ESAIC guidelines committee. The committee set out...
Perspectives of Children, Parents, and Healthcare Providers on Outcomes after Anesthesia for Surgery
An International Mixed Methods Stakeholder Engagement Study from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group.
Anesthesiology
Submitted June 2026 by Dr Erika Strazdins
What defines a ‘good’ anaesthetic for a child? Is it uneventful airway management, a cannula that goes in the first time, and physiologic stability? Or a positive and pain free experience that they...
Perioperative Complications in Multispecialty Surgical Care for Patients With Trisomy 21
A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study.
Paediatric anaesthesia
Submitted June 2026 by Dr Nicole Wong
This retrospective cohort study evaluated the association of multispecialty surgical care and perioperative risk in paediatric patients with Trisomy 21. The multisystem comorbidities of Trisomy 21...
EEG Dynamics in Children Before, During and After General Anesthesia.
Paediatric anaesthesia
Submitted June 2026 by Dr Barney Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage
This is a single-centre study from Berlin with the goal of further understanding the perioperative EEG of the paediatric population throughout key phases of anaesthesia and how it may vary with...
