Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 133-141, April 2008

Anaesthesia for specialist surgery in infancy

Helen Hume-Smith, BSc, MBBS, FRCA, is Specialist Registrar in North London. She qualified from St Mary's Hospital, London, and trained in anaesthesia in London, incorporating a paediatric anaesthesia fellowship in Vancouver

Gillian Lauder, MB BCh, FRCA, is a Paediatric Anesthesiologist and Director of the integrated pain service at BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Abstract 

Common indications for neonatal surgery include inguinal hernias and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Less common conditions, that have major implications for anaesthesia, include tracheoesophageal fistula, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, exomphalos, gastroschisis and congenital lobar emphysema. The anaesthetic management of these conditions is outlined in this article.

Keywords: congenital lobar emphysema, diaphragmatic hernia, exomphalos, gastroschisis, tracheooesophageal fistula

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00042-8

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.02.006

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 133-141, April 2008

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