Not too much and not too little: the dosage of drugs must be optimally adjusted for general anesthesia. This is no easy task, especially for pediatric patients. A pilot study now shows that breath ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon help anesthesiologists keep children safer in the operating room and improve their recovery with better pain management, suggests a systematic review presented ...

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 ...

Newly published results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial in Japan among more than 170 children aged 1 to 6 who underwent surgery, show that by using EEG readings of brain waves to monitor ...

New American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines, published online November 30 in Pediatrics, identify key components for the pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment to optimize anesthetic ...

A recent report provided anesthesiologists with reassuring data on the safety of caudal nerve block—sometimes called the "kiddie caudal"—for infants and young children undergoing surgery. But an ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has revised its policy statement on facility-based requirements for pediatric anesthesia. The AAP last updated the policy statement in 2015. The new guidance ...

Texas Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, participates in the San Francisco Match. We will be requiring the same documents as listed on the SF Match website, including ...

A weekly series of talks, PBLDs, and monthly quality improvement discussions focusing on basic topics in congenital heart disease /anesthesia. Delivered by our own cardiac anesthesia faculty and guest ...

Although earlier studies in animals suggested a connection, the new research should reassure parents whose children need surgery, experts say. By Perri Klass, M.D. A major international study provides ...