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Population Pharmacokinetics of Single Bolus Dose Fentanyl in Obese Children
Anesthesia Analgesia
Submitted June 2024 by Dr Mark Moll
Background: Childhood obesity is a significant problem. Obesity may alter the pharmacokinetics (PKs) of many medications. Fentanyl is commonly used in paediatric anaesthesia, but there is a...
The effect of intraoperative cerebral oxygen desaturations on postoperative cerebral oxygen metabolism in neonates and infants a pilot study
Pediatric Anesthesia
Submitted June 2024 by Dr Laura Panizza
Summary: This study by Jock et al assessed the effect of intraoperative cerebral oxygen desaturation on postoperative cerebral oxygen metabolism in neonates and infants undergoing non-cardiac...
The effect of augmented reality on preoperative anxiety in children and adolescents
A randomized controlled trial
Pediatric Anesthesia
Submitted June 2024 by Dr Jon Stacey
Augmented Outcomes or Virtual Benefits? Prior to a more thorough discussion, and for those with limited time, it must first be noted that the text of the abstract and that of the manuscript’s main...
Effect of BIS-guided anesthesia on emergence delirium following general anesthesia in children
A prospective randomized controlled trial
Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine
Submitted February 2024 by Dr Priya Sreedharan
This prospective, randomised, double-blinded study was conducted at the University hospital of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The study hypothesized that optimizing the depth of general anaesthesia...
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