Improvement in practice of general anesthesia in adolescents

By Sungho Son

  • Side effects of postoperative epidural analgesia in children: a randomized study comparing morphine and clonidine

    Cucchiaro, G., et al. “Side effects of postoperative epidural analgesia in children: a randomized study comparing morphine and clonidine.” Paediatric Anesthesia. Vol 13, Issue 4 (2003): 318-323. Academic Search Premier. 15 September 2016. The researchers concluded that clonidine posed fewer side effects than the commonly used morphine for postoperative epidural analgesia.

  • Multidrug intravenous anesthesia for children undergoing MRI; a comparison with general anesthesia

    Shorrab, Ahmed A., Demian, Atef D., and Atallah, Mohamed M. “Multidrug intravenous anesthesia for children undergoing MRI; a comparison with general anesthesia.” Pediatric Anesthesia. Vol. 17, Issue 12 (2007): 1187-1193. Academic Search Premier. 27 September 2016. Researchers determined ketamine-propofol as the safest regimen for inducing general anesthesia in infants undergoing magnetic resonance imaging.

  • Complications during rapid sequence induction of general anesthesia in children: a benchmark study

    Gencorreli, Frank J., Fields, Ryan G., and Litman, Ronald S. “Complications during rapid sequence induction of general anesthesia in children: a benchmark study.” Pediatric Anesthesia. Vol. 20, Issue 5 (2010): 421-424. Academic Search Premier. 27 September 2016. Using rapid sequence intubation (RSI), the researchers were not able to establish any relations between muscle relaxing agents and severe side effects.

  • Phenylephrine eye drops in pediatric patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery: incidence, presentation, and management of complications during general anesthesia

    Sbaraglia, Fabio, et.al. “Phenylephrine eye drops in pediatric patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery: incidence, presentation, and management of complications during general anesthesia.” Pediatric Anesthesia. Vol. 24, Issue 4 (2014): 400-405. Academic Search Premier. 2 September 2016. Researchers disclosed that phenylephrine is still being used despite its life-threatening complications.

  • Stress indicators during general anesthesia with opioid analgesics in children

    Draskovic, Biljana, et al. “Stress indicators during general anesthesia with opioid analgesics in children.” Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences. Vol. 44, Issue 6 (2014): 1095-1102. Academic Search Premier. 2 September 2016. Using opioids, researchers were able to successfully determined the best agent to lower stress response during surgery.

  • The impact of obesity on pediatric procedural sedation-related outcomes: results from the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium

    Scherrer, Patricia D., et al. “The impact of obesity on pediatric procedural sedation-related outcomes: results from the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.” Pediatric Anesthesia. Vol. 25, Issue 7 (2015): 689-697. Academic Search Premier. 2 September 2016. Obese patients faced more anesthetic complications in surgery than non-obese patients. They had to be given extra pre- and post-operative care than non-obese patients.