Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 89-92, March 2008

Special considerations in the premature and ex-premature infant

Guy Bayley, MRCP, FRCA, is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK. He trained as a paediatrician before embarking on a career in anaesthesia

Isabeau Walker, FRCA, is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust. She has a particular interest in paediatric cardiac anaesthesia

Abstract 

Mean survival rates for babies born at 24 weeks and 27 weeks are currently 50% and 90% respectively, although levels of morbidity for the most premature infants may be high. This article describes the clinical conditions unique to the premature and ex-premature infant, and some common surgical procedures and special considerations for the conduct of anaesthesia in this vulnerable population.

Keywords: apnoea, pain, premature infant, respiratory distress syndrome

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00010-6

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.01.007

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 89-92, March 2008

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