Spinal
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Test Your Knowledge: newborn spinal cord
Spinal anaesthesia in children: A narrative review
Why we do what we do: Early stylet removal for lumbar puncture in infants
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Pediatric spinal anesthesia at a tertiary care hospital: Eleven years after
Clonidine prolongs spinal anesthesia in newborns: a prospective dose-ranging study
Abajian JC, Mellish RW, Browne AF, Perkins FM, Lambert DH, Mazuzan JE, Jr. Spinal anesthesia for surgery in the high-risk infant. Anesthesia and analgesia. Mar 1984;63(3):359-62.
Intrathecal opioids for the management of post-operative pain
Ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia in infants: a narrative review
Davidson AJ, Morton NS, Arnup SJ, et al. Apnea after awake regional and general anesthesia in infants: the general anesthesia compared to spinal anesthesia study--comparing apnea and neurodevelopmental outcomes, a randomized controlled trial. Anesthesiology. 2015 Jul; 123(1): 38-54. PMID: 26001033
Coté CJ, Zaslavsky A, Downes JJ, et al. Postoperative apnea in former preterm infants after inguinal herniorrhaphy. A combined analysis. Anesthesiology. 1995 Apr; 82(4): 809-22. PMID: 7717551
Krane EJ, Haberkern CM, Jacobson LE. Postoperative apnea, bradycardia, and oxygen desaturation in formerly premature infants: prospective comparison of spinal and general anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 1995 Jan; 80(1): 7-13. PMID: 7802303
Cadd M, et al. Ondansetron for the prevention of pruritus in women undergoing cesarean delivery with intrathecal opioid: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anesth Analg. 2024;138:70–54.
Williams RK, Adams DC, Aladjem EV, Kreutz JM, Sartorelli KH, Vane DW, Abajian JC: The safety and efficacy of spinal anesthesia for surgery in infants: the Vermont Infant Spinal Registry. Anesth Analg 2006; 102: 67-71
Whitaker EE, Chao JY, Holmes GL, Legatt AD, Yozawitz EG, Purdon PL, Shinnar S, Williams RK: Electroencephalographic assessment of infant spinal anesthesia: A pilot prospective observational study. Paediatr Anaesth 2021; 31: 1179-1186
Urgent surgical exploration for neonatal torsion under spinal anesthesia
Is barbotage in central neuraxial blockade a ritual habit or an evidence-based technique?