Neuraxial analgesia to improve analgesia in pediatric patients undergoing abdominal surgery: A propensity matched retrospective study

• Published in: Journal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 64; p. 109806
• Main Authors: Handlogten, Kathryn S., Johnson, Rebecca L., Schulte, Phillip J., Hanson, Andrew, Granberg, Candace F., Potter, D. Dean, Harrison, Tracy E., Haile, Dawit T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-09-2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal surgery; Age groups; Editing; General anesthesia; Local anesthesia; Narcotics; Pain; Pediatrics; Regional anesthesia; Software; Visualization; Writing; United States > US
• ISSN: 0952-8180; 1873-4529
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109806

Many benefits have been posed; these include early ambulation, improved bowel function, hemodynamic stability, reduced systemic opioid consumption, and avoidance of general anesthesia [1–4]. Future prospective studies in this field should be focused on specific procedure types and modes of regional anesthesia.CRediT authorship contribution statement Kathryn S. Handlogten: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration. Dawit T. Haile: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Supervision.Declaration of competing interest The authors have no competing interests to disclose.Acknowledgements The authors thank Timothy Weister, M.S.N., R.N., Anesthesia Clinical Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA and Kimberly Evans, R.R.T., L.R.T., Anesthesia Clinical Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA, for assistance with electronic data acquisition.