Anesthetizing children is an increasingly safe undertaking. When discussing the risks and benefits of a child’s operation with his or her family, surgeons should feel confident that their anesthesiology colleagues can provide an anesthetic that facilitates the procedure while ensuring…
Anesthetic care for pediatric thoracic surgery covers a wide range of ages, concomitant disease processes, and surgical pathology. The clinical scenario ranges from an elective, outpatient procedure on an otherwise healthy patient to an emergent procedure in a neonate with…
Risk Incidence 1:5000–10,000 live births Male to female incidence is equal Trisomy 21 in 20–30% 45% are premature infants of pregnancy complicated by polyhydramnios Incidence of polyhydramnios 32–81% Mortality 3–5%; due not to duodenal atresia but to associated CHD or…