{"title":"The Role of Tracheal Tube Cuff in Dilating Subglottic Stenosis.","authors":"Nana Zhu, Jun Xu, Yingping Jia","doi":"10.1111/pan.15122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.15122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143973052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jia Liu, Robert Przybylski, Mikaela J Mari, Carine Foz, Ryan L Kobayashi, Dominic Abrams, Viviane G Nasr
{"title":"Perioperative Outcomes for Children With Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Noncardiac Procedures.","authors":"Jia Liu, Robert Przybylski, Mikaela J Mari, Carine Foz, Ryan L Kobayashi, Dominic Abrams, Viviane G Nasr","doi":"10.1111/pan.15120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.15120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pediatric cardiomyopathy is rare with an estimated annualized incidence of just over 1 per 100 000 children. However, many of these children have systemic disorders underlying their cardiomyopathy, including RASopathies, muscular dystrophies, and inborn errors of metabolism, and thus may require noncardiac procedural interventions or diagnostic studies. There is a paucity of data about the rate and nature of periprocedural complications and outcomes in this patient population.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aims to describe children with cardiomyopathy undergoing procedures or diagnostic studies requiring anesthesia, and their perioperative outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study using each procedural event as the unit of analysis. Perioperative (intraoperative and 72 h postoperatively) data and outcomes were recorded. Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for adverse events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 98 patients who underwent a total of 231 procedures. There were 26 total adverse events (11%), including four major adverse events (involving three distinct patients). ASA-PS class 4 status was associated with an increased likelihood of any adverse event, and all the patients who experienced major adverse events had moderate or greater left ventricular dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Anesthesia in children with cardiomyopathy is associated with a low (< 2%), but notable, rate of major adverse events. The risk of major adverse events appears to be highest in children with marked left ventricular dysfunction and was often associated with respiratory events in our cohort.</p>","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric AnesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-06DOI: 10.1111/pan.15081
Nina Shamansky, Christian Mpody, Olubukola O Nafiu, Joseph D Tobias, Brittany L Willer
{"title":"Association of Cerebral Palsy With Unanticipated Admission Following Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery.","authors":"Nina Shamansky, Christian Mpody, Olubukola O Nafiu, Joseph D Tobias, Brittany L Willer","doi":"10.1111/pan.15081","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cerebral palsy, a neurologic disorder caused by damage to the developing brain, is a leading cause of childhood disability. Due to musculoskeletal, movement, and secondary impairments, children with cerebral palsy often require surgical care. With the growing cost of surgical care, many children with cerebral palsy are scheduled for surgery in an ambulatory setting. Whether cerebral palsy increases the risk of unanticipated admission (a critical quality indicator of care) following ambulatory surgery has not been characterized. Our objective was to determine the association of cerebral palsy with unanticipated admission following pediatric ambulatory surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database to evaluate a retrospective cohort of children (< 18 years) who underwent scheduled ambulatory operations between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2022. The primary outcome was unanticipated admission. Using log-binomial regression models, we estimated the relative risk and 95% confidence intervals for unanticipated admission, comparing patients with and without cerebral palsy. To account for confounding variables, we performed a 1:1 propensity score matching without replacement.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1 954 108 children underwent ambulatory surgeries during the study period. Of these, 4.1% required unanticipated admission. The overall incidence of unanticipated admission was significantly higher among children with cerebral palsy than in those without (9.8% vs. 4.0%; p < 0.001). This association remained significant after multivariable adjustment (relative risk: 1.73; 95% CI: 1.59-1.87, p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although cerebral palsy is not a contraindication for ambulatory surgery in children, it is significantly associated with the risk of unanticipated hospital admissions. This underscores the need for careful preoperative clinical site of care selection in this vulnerable patient population.</p><p><strong>Level of evidence: </strong>Level II.</p>","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"367-373"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11975177/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143255956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric AnesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-17DOI: 10.1111/pan.15085
Maria Jose Andrade Lopez, Sebastian Amaya, Ernesto Albornoz, Juan Sebastian Cabrera Hernandez
{"title":"Pediatric Anesthesiology in Colombia.","authors":"Maria Jose Andrade Lopez, Sebastian Amaya, Ernesto Albornoz, Juan Sebastian Cabrera Hernandez","doi":"10.1111/pan.15085","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15085","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"404-405"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143441669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric AnesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-28DOI: 10.1111/pan.15089
Marie Kratzer, Andrew Davidson
{"title":"Processed EEGs in Children; Are They Useful?","authors":"Marie Kratzer, Andrew Davidson","doi":"10.1111/pan.15089","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15089","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"336-337"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric AnesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-15DOI: 10.1111/pan.15080
Maria Inês Ferreira Teles, José Carlos Pereira Moreira, Fernando José Pereira Alves Abelha, Patrícia Marlene Carvalho Dos Santos
{"title":"Processed Electroencephalogram in Pediatric Patients: A Survey Among Portuguese Anesthesiologists.","authors":"Maria Inês Ferreira Teles, José Carlos Pereira Moreira, Fernando José Pereira Alves Abelha, Patrícia Marlene Carvalho Dos Santos","doi":"10.1111/pan.15080","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15080","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"401-403"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143425901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric AnesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-14DOI: 10.1111/pan.15084
Ryan Antel, Pablo Ingelmo
{"title":"Encouraging Authors to Embrace AI in Research and Writing.","authors":"Ryan Antel, Pablo Ingelmo","doi":"10.1111/pan.15084","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15084","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"334-335"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143414745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Safety and Sustainability of Axillary Versus Radial Arterial Catheters in Critically Ill Children: A Retrospective Comparative Study.","authors":"Rotem Davidovich, Eytan Kaplan, Gili Kadmon, Elhanan Nahum, Avichai Weissbach","doi":"10.1111/pan.15087","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Arterial catheters are commonly used for hemodynamic monitoring and blood sampling in critically ill children, with the radial artery being the typical site. When radial cannulation is not feasible, alternative sites like the axillary artery may be utilized. However, the safety and sustainability of axillary arterial catheters compared to radial catheters in this population remain unclear.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aims to assess the safety and sustainability of axillary arterial catheters compared to radial arterial catheters in pediatric intensive care unit patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective, case-control study at a university-affiliated tertiary care pediatric intensive care unit. Patients aged 18 years or younger with axillary arterial catheters from January 2007 to December 2023 were compared to patients of similar ages with radial catheters.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A computerized chart review identified 306 patients with axillary catheters, compared to 306 randomly selected patients with radial catheters. The rate of catheter site replacement was identical in both groups (40 out of 306). The median duration of axillary catheter use was 34 h longer (95% CI: 24-48; p < 0.001). Only one patient in the axillary group (0.33%) experienced a vascular complication, recovering fully after intervention. Patients with axillary catheters were characterized by a higher Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 scores, Vasoactive-Inotropic Scores, and PICU mortality rates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this critically ill pediatric cohort, axillary arterial catheters were used longer and in a more severely ill population than radial catheters. Despite these differences, both catheter types demonstrated comparable safety and sustainability profiles.</p>","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"389-393"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric AnesthesiaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-20DOI: 10.1111/pan.15101
{"title":"In This Issue May 2025.","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/pan.15101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.15101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":"35 5","pages":"333"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143803913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}