Additional Topics: Pediatrics

In this chapter several topics related to managing pediatric anesthesia are discussed. Subtopics include managing patients with the CHARGE syndrome, tetralogy of Fallot, Treacher-Collins syndrome, and malignant hyperthermia. Also addressed is anesthetia management in a pediatric patient with pyloric stenosis. Airway management in pediatric patients is also discussed, including induction. Differences between an omphalocele and a gastroschisis are outlined, and closure of an omphalocele in an infant is addressed. Each scenario is presented as a short, three- to four-question additional topic.