IN INFANTS and children the technic of induction of anesthesia demands careful consideration, if optimal results are to be obtained. The success of the induction depends upon several factors, one of ...

Clinicians can use 8% sevoflurane to safely induce anesthesia in children despite anecdotal reports that the sweet-smelling anesthetic can cause seizurelike, jerking movements, according to a recent ...

The Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital is an ACGME-accredited 12-month training program with a long and rich history. Since our first fellow enrolled in 1998, our ...

The primary training goal is to prepare all our graduates to be excellent clinicians, ready to enter any practice on graduation. All graduates should be able to serve as expert resources for pediatric ...

Often children need to go through the procedure of anesthesia, before a surgery or a medical procedure. In such cases, it is important to ensure that the anesthesia is safe and efficient. In an ...

Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...

Propofol is used in the operating room to induce anesthesia. To maintain anesthesia, a continuous infusion of the agent via a separate syringe pump is the standard procedure for total intravenous ...

Pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium (PAED) can include unawareness of surroundings, restlessness, and inconsolability, and can lead to risk of injury and accidental removal of catheters. In this ...

Iterative anesthesia for radiation therapy in pediatric oncology: Safety of a procedure using propofol alone. Clinical pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety of high-dose (HD) methotrexate (MTX) during ...