TY - JOUR
T1 - Updates on pediatric regional anesthesia safety data
AU - Vargas, Angelica
AU - Sawardekar, Amod
AU - Suresh, Santhanam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Purpose of reviewThe clinical practice of anesthesia continues to evolve and grow toward increasing quality and safety while improving the patient and family perioperative experience. Within the realm of pediatric anesthesia, advances in regional anesthesia techniques are important part in this aim.Recent findingsThe aim of this review is to provide an update on recent advances in pediatric regional anesthesia. This includes an emphasis on safety data from large datasets that previously were not available. In addition, novel blocks within pediatric regional anesthesia will be described.SummaryLarge data sets have given clinical providers information into the practice of regional anesthesia. It has confirmed the safety of common regional anesthetic techniques in addition to providing guidance to improving outcomes for children.
AB - Purpose of reviewThe clinical practice of anesthesia continues to evolve and grow toward increasing quality and safety while improving the patient and family perioperative experience. Within the realm of pediatric anesthesia, advances in regional anesthesia techniques are important part in this aim.Recent findingsThe aim of this review is to provide an update on recent advances in pediatric regional anesthesia. This includes an emphasis on safety data from large datasets that previously were not available. In addition, novel blocks within pediatric regional anesthesia will be described.SummaryLarge data sets have given clinical providers information into the practice of regional anesthesia. It has confirmed the safety of common regional anesthetic techniques in addition to providing guidance to improving outcomes for children.
KW - local anesthetic systemic toxicity
KW - neuraxial blockadetoxicity
KW - pediatric regional anesthesiatoxicity
KW - peripheral nerve block
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U2 - 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000768
DO - 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000768
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31415045
AN - SCOPUS:85070812361
VL - 32
SP - 649
EP - 652
JO - Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
JF - Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
SN - 0952-7907
IS - 5
ER -