#cardiac
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...
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