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Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Urgent Intubation of Newborn Infants
The New England Journal of Medicine
This study compares first pass intubation success using video vs. direct laryngoscopy in neonates. Single centre, randomised, prospective trial of 214 patients at a tertiary centre in Dublin...
Inverse ratio ventilation versus conventional ratio ventilation during one lung ventilation in neonatal open repair of esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula
A randomized clinical trial.
Pediatric Anesthesia
This study is based upon the practice of inverse ratio ventilation (IRV) used in ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) to improve oxygenation and lung function. IRV can be used to prevent...
Awake caudal anesthesia in ex-premature infants undergoing lower abdominal surgery
A narrative review.
Pediatric Anesthesia
It is well known that ex-premature infants are a high risk patient group, particularly with regard to perioperative apnoea. A question that is front of mind for most paediatric anaesthetists is “how...
Second infant spinal anesthetic
Incidence, dose modification, and adverse events after initial failure
Pediatric Anesthesia
To determine the overall spinal failure rate, incidence of second spinal attempt and success rate and any associated adverse events in infants. The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne has a long...
The effect of intraoperative cerebral oxygen desaturations on postoperative cerebral oxygen metabolism in neonates and infants a pilot study
Pediatric Anesthesia
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 surgery...
Evaluation of quality of care in neonatal anesthesia using a bundle of intraoperative parameters
Pediatric Anesthesia
December 2023 by Dr Eamonn Upperton
Inspired by the SAFETOTS ‘10Ns’ of quality in paediatric anaesthesia, this paper sets out to measure how often physiological variables stray outside the target range during and after neonatal...
Applied forces with direct versus indirect laryngoscopy in neonatal intubation
A randomized crossover mannequin study
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
August 2023 by Dr Caroline Mann
This is a single centre randomized crossover trial comparing applied oropharyngeal forces of tracheal intubation of direct laryngoscopy versus video laryngoscopy in a neonatal manikin. Manikin...
Acute pain management in the neonate
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
January 2023 by Dr David Sainsbury
This is an educational article discussing the management of mainly post-surgical pain in neonates from a group of authors based at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the UK. It has sections on...
Anaesthesia for surgery in infancy
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
January 2023 by Dr Oh Ryong (Ryan) Kwen
This is a review article that provides a basic understanding of common surgical conditions encountered in neonates and infants. The description of the surgical procedure and perioperative anaesthetic...
Cardiac disease in neonates
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
January 2023 by Dr Oh Ryong (Ryan) Kwen
This paper is a review article that provides basic description of the normal neonatal cardiovascular physiology as well as several congenital cardiac abnormalities and their presentations. It is very...
Special considerations in the premature and ex-premature infant
Premature infant
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
January 2023 by Dr Oh Ryong (Ryan) Kwen
This is a review article that highlights the physiological and pathological consequences of prematurity in various systems, as well as their subsequent implications in the provision of anaesthesia....
Principles of anaesthesia for term neonates
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
January 2023 by Dr Oh Ryong (Ryan) Kwen
This paper appears to be a review article and several articles were referenced to support the authors’ statements. However, no clear description was provided to explain the search methods or...
