UGRA in pedriatric anesthesia Markus F. Stevens Academic Medical Center Amsterdam
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Practice Advisory of ESRA/ASRA Neuraxial anesthesia UGRA for caudal anesthesia? UGRA extremity blocks Inguinal hernia: caudal or TAP or IL/IH Umbilical hernia: caudal or TAP or rectus sheath Things I do NOT recommend Take home message
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Practice Advisory of ESRA/ASRA Ivani G RAPM 2016
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Practice Advisory of ESRA/ASRA PRA under GA/DS = acceptable safety (B2) Incidence complications low (0.66%) (B2) Incidence of paralysis is estimated 0-0.004% (B3) Use of epinephrine test dose questionable (C) Saline-LOR or Air-LOR ( < 1ml) (C) No evidence against PRA with risk of compartment (C) But low concentration, no additives ….. (C) Ivani G RAPM 2015
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia PRAN: retrospective study with > 50,000 RA Incidence of (transient) neurologic symptoms: 0.6/1000 (CI, 0.4–0.92) GA without NMB 2.4/1000 (CI, 1.6–3.6) GA with NMB 8.3/1000 (CI, 4.9–13.3) sedation 3.4/1000 (CI, 0.7–10.0) awake Taenzer AH RAPM 2014
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia PRAN study – use of localizing technique Polander DM AA 2012
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Neuraxial anesthesia: spinal
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Neuraxial anesthesia: epidural
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Neuraxial anesthesia: epidural
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Neuraxial anesthesia: epidural catheter
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Neuraxial anesthesia Hermanns H BJA 2006
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia UGRA for caudal anesthesia?
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia UGRA for caudal anesthesia?
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Extremity blocks
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Extremity blocks
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Inguinal hernia: caudal or TAP or IL/IH Baird D J Paediatr Surg 2013
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Umbilical hernia: caudal or TAP or rectus sheath
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Umbilical hernia: caudal or TAP or rectus sheath
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Umbilical hernia: caudal or TAP or rectus sheath Dingeman RS JAMA Surg 2013
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Things I do NOT recommend
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Things I do NOT recommend Glover CD J Pediatr Orthop B 2015
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Things I do NOT recommend
UGRA in pediatric anesthesia Take home messages: Performing RA under GA is safe Neuraxial US extremely helpful in baby’s Ultrasound not standard for caudal For Limb blocks UGRA is extremely helpful Caudal ≥ TAP ≥ pararectal/II/IH ≥ local infiltration Careful indication
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