{"title":"Supervision of Pediatric Anesthesia After-Hours: A Survey of Pediatric Anesthetists in Australia and New Zealand.","authors":"Steven Cai, Fiona Taverner","doi":"10.1111/pan.15068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.15068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>After-hours pediatric anesthesia may pose increased risks, with a heightened potential for sudden cardio-respiratory decline. While mortality rates are low in Australia and New Zealand, critical events and morbidity occur more frequently and present ongoing challenges. However, little is known about how trainees are supervised during these high-risk periods.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An anonymized online survey of members of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia in New Zealand and Australia (SPANZA) was conducted to explore supervising anesthetists attitudes towards after-hours supervision. The survey examined the influence of patient age, medical history, trainee experience, and surgery type on supervision practices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Respondents identified age and physical status as key risk factors but reported providing less direct supervision than recommended by international studies, especially for non-complex surgeries in healthy children. Trainee experience was a significant factor in supervision decisions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pediatric anesthetists in Australia and New Zealand recognize major risk factors but tend to supervise more remotely after-hours. Further research is needed to evaluate the effects of these supervision practices on outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143009427","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1111/pan.15020
Prakash Kannan Loganathan, Charlotte Ashton, Emily Harrold, Sarah Wigston, Le Minh Thao Doan, Annalisa Occhipinti
{"title":"Use of real-time respiratory function monitor improves neonatal face mask ventilation: Cross-over simulation study.","authors":"Prakash Kannan Loganathan, Charlotte Ashton, Emily Harrold, Sarah Wigston, Le Minh Thao Doan, Annalisa Occhipinti","doi":"10.1111/pan.15020","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Neonatal resuscitation airway training can be difficult as there is no feedback on the face mask technique. \"JUNO\" is a training respiratory function monitor that provides feedback on mask leak, ventilatory rate, and tidal volume.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate whether the use of the JUNO improves face mask ventilation techniques in manikin models.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an observational cross-over study with our unit staff. Following instructions, each participant performed a single-person technique, followed by a two-person technique with no JUNO feedback. This was repeated with JUNO feedback visible. A similar sequence was performed both in term and preterm manikins, giving a total of 8 sequences. Each participant was instructed to perform 1 min of positive pressure ventilation providing 30 inflations/minute for all of the simulations. Each of the simulation data underwent a data cleaning process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-eight subjects provided a total of 304 sequences of positive pressure ventilation. A total of 13 354 inflations were analyzed. The feedback group had significantly lower rates of inflations with leak >60%, lower rates of excessive tidal volumes, lower mean leak percentage, and a lower mean inspiratory tidal volumes. When analyzed based on the technique (single person and two-person), similar positive results were noted in the \"feedback group\", across all the strata of staff. All of the staff reported that JUNO improved their ventilation technique and would recommend it for staff training.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of JUNO significantly improved mask ventilation consistently across manikin types, staff roles, and techniques (either single- or two-person).</p>","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"66-74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381453","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1111/pan.15024
Shyam J Deshpande, Hamilton C Tsang, Jim Phuong, Rida Hasan, Zhinan Liu, Lynn G Stansbury, John R Hess, Monica S Vavilala
{"title":"Trauma-induced coagulopathy across age pediatric groups: A retrospective cohort study evaluating testing and frequency.","authors":"Shyam J Deshpande, Hamilton C Tsang, Jim Phuong, Rida Hasan, Zhinan Liu, Lynn G Stansbury, John R Hess, Monica S Vavilala","doi":"10.1111/pan.15024","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) is associated with negative outcomes. Pediatric TIC has been described most often in older children. Children undergo normal developmental hemostasis, but it is unknown how this process impacts the risk of TIC across childhood.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To understand variations in coagulation testing and TIC across pediatric age groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We evaluated testing patterns of coagulation studies at presentation and over the first 72 h of hospitalization by pediatric age group at a large, Level I trauma center, 2015-2020. The frequency of TIC was determined using published, age-specific reference ranges and controlling for injury severity. We performed subgroup analyses of those with isolated severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and those who presented directly from the scene of injury.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 2409 pediatric patients were available; 333 patients had isolated severe TBI. Children <1 year were least likely to be tested for TIC at presentation and over the first 72 h, even among the most injured. Fibrinogen testing was uncommon, regardless of injury severity. TIC was common: 22% of patients had TIC at presentation and 35% by 72 h. Greater injury severity was associated with TIC. Children 1-4 and 5-9 years had a higher frequency of TIC at presentation and over 72 h compared to older children in the least injured cohort. We saw no difference in frequency of TIC between age groups in the subset with isolated severe TBI. Using age-specific criteria, patients most often met TIC criteria by INR/PT, followed by platelet count, and least commonly by aPTT. The presence of TIC was associated with in-hospital mortality (OR 4.10, 95% CI 2.06-8.17).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Significant sampling bias exists in clinical data collection among injured children and adolescents. Contrary to previous reports and using age-specific TIC criteria, younger children are not at lower risk of TIC than older children when controlling for injury severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"57-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471862","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-05DOI: 10.1111/pan.15019
Rachel Bates, Fiona Cave, Nicholas West, Jeffrey N Bone, Bradley Hofmann, Firoz Miyanji, Gillian R Lauder
{"title":"Intravenous lidocaine infusion therapy and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in adolescents undergoing idiopathic scoliosis correction: A retrospective study.","authors":"Rachel Bates, Fiona Cave, Nicholas West, Jeffrey N Bone, Bradley Hofmann, Firoz Miyanji, Gillian R Lauder","doi":"10.1111/pan.15019","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion is an established surgical procedure for the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring is standard practice for this procedure. Anesthetic agents can have different, but significant, effects on neurophysiological monitoring outcomes.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To determine if intravenous lidocaine infusion therapy has an impact on the intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Following ethical approval, we conducted a retrospective review of charts and the archived intraoperative neurophysiological data of adolescents undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring data included the amplitude of motor evoked potentials and the amplitude and latency of somatosensory evoked potentials. A cohort who received intraoperative lidocaine infusion were compared to those who did not.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty-one patients were included in this analysis, who had surgery between February 4, 2016 and April 22, 2021: 39 had intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion and 42 did not. Based on hourly snapshot data, there was no evidence that lidocaine infusion had a detrimental effect on the measured change from baseline for MEP amplitudes in either lower (mean difference 41.9; 95% confidence interval -304.5 to 388.3; p = .182) or upper limbs (MD -279.0; 95% CI -562.5 to 4.4; p = .054). There was also no evidence of any effect on the measured change from baseline for SSEP amplitudes in either lower (MD 16.4; 95% CI -17.7 to 50.5; p = .345) or upper limbs (MD -2.4; 95% CI -14.5 to 9.8; p = .701). Finally, there was no evidence of a difference in time to first reportable neurophysiological event (hazard ratio 1.13; 95% CI 0.61 to 2.09; p = .680).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Data from these two cohorts provide preliminary evidence that intravenous lidocaine infusion has no negative impact on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during PSIF for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"47-56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626343/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142375785","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-23DOI: 10.1111/pan.15044
{"title":"In This Issue January 2025.","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/pan.15044","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693330","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1111/pan.15023
Richard Hubbard, Emad Mossad
{"title":"Erector spinae plane blocks for congenital cardiac surgery: Where are we now?","authors":"Richard Hubbard, Emad Mossad","doi":"10.1111/pan.15023","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471859","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-22DOI: 10.1111/pan.15000
Adam Watson, Francesca Zanetti, Oliver Ross, John Pappachan, Michael J Griksaitis
{"title":"Feasibility of bispectral index monitoring during pediatric critical care transport.","authors":"Adam Watson, Francesca Zanetti, Oliver Ross, John Pappachan, Michael J Griksaitis","doi":"10.1111/pan.15000","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"77-78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11626352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292893","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-28DOI: 10.1111/pan.15012
T Wesley Templeton, Cameron J Sutton, Christopher S McLaughlin, Vincent C Hsieh
{"title":"Ball valve gas trapping in pediatric one-lung ventilation: Not all ventilation is loss of isolation.","authors":"T Wesley Templeton, Cameron J Sutton, Christopher S McLaughlin, Vincent C Hsieh","doi":"10.1111/pan.15012","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"82-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142351374","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1111/pan.15011
Xuejie Li, Lin Ma
{"title":"Severe knotting guidewire after central venous catheterization.","authors":"Xuejie Li, Lin Ma","doi":"10.1111/pan.15011","DOIUrl":"10.1111/pan.15011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19745,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"75-76"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142351376","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}