Cardiac disease in neonates

Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine

Reviewed July 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...

Bilateral erector spinae plane blocks in children undergoing cardiac surgery

A randomized, controlled study

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Reviewed July 2023 by Dr Neil Hauser

This small, randomized control study of 40 patients investigated the utility of erector spinae plane blocks (ESPB) in paediatric sternotomy for cardiac procedures. The primary outcome was cumulative...

Anesthesia and Sedation Exposure and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery

A Retrospective Cohort Study

Anesthesiology

Reviewed December 2023 by Dr Rebecca McIntyre

The authors of this retrospective study hypothesized that greater exposure to sedation and anaesthesia in children undergoing complex cardiac surgery is associated with lower neurodevelopmental...

A prospective comparison of invasive and non-invasive blood pressure in children undergoing cardiac catheterization

Invasive blood pressure in children undergoing cardiac catheterization

Pediatric Anesthesia

Reviewed December 2023 by Dr Su May Koh

This was a multicentre prospective observational study of 254 children aged under 16 undergoing cardiac catheterisation where paired non-invasive and invasive blood pressure measurements were...

Peri-operative cardiac arrest in children as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Operative cardiac arrest in children as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Anaesthesia

Reviewed August 2024 by Dr Heather Patterson

The focus for the 7th National Audit Project (NAP7) was perioperative cardiac arrest. This paper by Oglesby and colleagues synthesizes the paediatric data from NAP7, highlighting risk factors and...

Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Heparin Resistance in Neonates and Young Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

A Retrospective Study

Anesthesia Analgesia

Reviewed August 2024 by Dr Marlene Johnson

Summary: This study describes the development of a simple, predictive nomogram using pre-operative variables for heparin resistance in neonates and young infants undergoing cardiac...