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Current Trends in Pediatric Regional Anesthesia

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Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain: Standardization in Clinical Practice

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The pediatric anesthesiologist copes with respiratory depression on a daily basis because the surgical pediatric patient is always a patient under general anesthesia. Avoiding the major respiratory depressant drugs and reassuring parents using an alternative approach is mandatory from an ethical viewpoint. In our center, the pediatric patient undergoing plastic, thoracic, abdominal, urological, and orthopedic surgery does so under locoregional anesthesia (LRA) whenever possible.

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Vicchio, N., Mossetti, V., Ivani, G. (2013). Current Trends in Pediatric Regional Anesthesia. In: Astuto, M. (eds) Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain: Standardization in Clinical Practice. Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2685-8_10

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