#perioperative
Perioperative management of the child with asthma
British Journal of Anaesthesia Education
Reviewed July 2023 by Dr Heather Patterson
This educational review outlines the pathophysiology of asthma, key aspects of preoperative evaluation of children with asthma, and provides updates in asthma treatment from multinational guidelines,...
The usefulness of a nasopharyngeal multiplex polymerase chain reaction system to screen pediatric patients with preoperative fever
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Reviewed September 2023 by Dr Neil Hauser
Summary: This single-center retrospective observational study investigated the utility of a PCR respiratory panel (PCR FilmArray Respiratory Panel 2.1, Biomeriuex) to determine whether surgery...
Efficacy of an expanded preoperative survey during perioperative care to identify illicit substance use in teenagers and adolescents
Pediatric Anesthesia
Reviewed December 2023 by Dr Su May Koh
Illicit substance use is increasing in the teenage and adolescent population and relying on parental history alone is unlikely to be reliable. Illicit substance use and abuse not only has...
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