Anaesthesia for specialist surgery in infancy

Publication date: Available online 26 December 2016 Source:Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine Author(s): Amanda Dalton, Graham Knottenbelt Specialist surgery in infancy provides unique and significant challenges for paediatric anaesthetists. Both common (inguinal hernias and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis) and less common conditions (tracheo-oesophageal fistula, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, exomphalos (omphalocele), gastroschisis and congenital lobar emphysema) require a sound understanding of the relevant pathology and the particular issues that may be encountered in order to safely anaesthetise these infants. It is important to maintain a high attention to detail and to strive for excellent communication between all members of the perioperative team. In the last decade there has been a rise in the number of procedures in infancy being performed with a minimally invasive technique and this has a wide range of implications for anaesthesia.
Source: Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research