Regional anesthesia has become a routine part of the practice of anesthesiology in infants
and children. Local anesthetic toxicity is extremely rare in infants and children; however …

Regional anesthesia has wide-ranging benefits but requires technical expertise. Its use in
neonates, infants, and children continues to escalate, both as a sole anesthetic or in …

Assessment of infant pain is a pressing concern, especially within the context of neonatal
intensive care where infants may be exposed to prolonged and repeated pain during …

Recent advances in neurobiology and clinical medicine have established that the fetus and
newborn may experience acute, established, and chronic pain. They respond to such …

IMPLICATIONS: This study confirms the very infrequent incidence of complications
associated with infant spinal anesthesia in a large patient population. Infant spinal …

Objective. In this prospective study, we examined biobehavioral responses to acute
procedural pain at 2 months of age in infants with prenatal and postnatal selective serotonin …

Spinal anaesthesia is an established and frequently used anaesthetic technique in adults.
However, this versatile regional anaesthetic technique is less frequently used in paediatric …

Safe effective analgesia for neonates undergoing major surgery remains a challenge
particularly in institutions where resources are limited. The experience in the use of epidural …

The incidence of inguinal hernia is higher in premature infants, particularly in low birth
weight neonates. This latter group may also incur increased postoperative respiratory …

Twenty‐six infants due to undergo major abdominal or thoracic surgery under general
anaesthesia were randomized to receive additional analgesia with group A) spinal/epidural …