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Filter by:Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) is widely used in pediatric surgical patients. The manufacturer recommends the size of LMA to be used in children should be based on actual body weight but this method has several limitations. To overcome these concerns, various alternatives have been tried by different researchers, one of them is external ear size for LMA size selection. Investigators therefore would like to know whether the external ear size based method can be used for LMA size selection in pediatric surgical patients in Pakistan.
Regional anesthesia decreases the need for intravenous analgesia in the peri-operative period. Erector spinae plane (ESP) and transversus abdominus plane (TAP) blocks are two common regional anesthesia techniques shown to be effective in open abdominal surgeries. We aim to compare effectiveness of ESP block with TAP block for peri-operative analgesia in pediatric open pyeloplasty patients with a flank incision.
1. Haemorrhage in severe trauma is a significant cause of mortality and is potentially the most preventable cause of death in paediatric trauma patients 2. Trauma Induced Coagulopathy (TIC) is a complex coagulopathy associated with severe trauma 3. Hypo/dysfibrinogenaemia plays an important role in TIC 4. Early replacement of fibrinogen may improve outcomes 5. Fibrinogen replacement is potentially inadequate in standard fixed ratio Major Haemorrhage Protocols (MHP) utilising Plasma and/or Cryoprecipitate 6. The majority of centres utilise cryoprecipitate for additional fibrinogen supplementation as part of a MHP 7. Cryoprecipitate administration is often delayed (between 60 - 120 minutes) in a fixed ratio MHP 8. It is clear early intervention in severe traumatic haemorrhage is associated with improved outcomes - CRASH 2 and PROPPR studies 9. Increasing interest in the use of Fibrinogen Concentrate (FC) in severe bleeding but not supported by high level evidence 10. Benefits of FC - viral inactivation, known dose, easily reconstituted, can be administered quickly in high dose and stored at room temperature in the trauma resuscitation bay 12. No previous studies comparing FC and Cryoprecipitate in bleeding paediatric trauma patients 13. Fibrinogen supplementation will be guided by an accepted ROTEM targeted treatment algorithm 14. Pilot, multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing FC to Cryoprecipitate (current standard practise in fibrinogen supplementation) 15. Hypothesis: Fibrinogen replacement in severe traumatic haemorrhage can be achieved quicker with a more predictable dose response using Fibrinogen Concentrate compared to Cryoprecipitate 16. It is imperative that robust and clinically relevant trials are performed to investigate fibrinogen supplementation in paediatric trauma patients before widespread adoption makes performing such studies unfeasible
1. Acute Hemodynamic and respiratory Changes After Rapid Intravenous different doses of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric. 2. Pharmacokinetics after a single Rapid Intravenous dose of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric. 3. Pharmacokinetics after a single dose of Dexmedetomidine administered as a nasal spray in Pediatric.
Focal epilepsy is associated with widespread alterations in structural brain connectivity, often present at the disease onset and related to learning disabilities. Whether ongoing seizure activity contributes to network pathology is a matter of debate. This study intends to measure the impact of seizures on structural connectivity on a local and on a global level. In children examined with intracerebral electrodes to evaluate whether a surgical cure can be proposed, we combine intracerebral stereotactic electroencephalography (EEG) recordings with diffusion weighted imaging of white matter fibers. On the local level, the study will quantify the number of deficient connections in the seizure onset zone. On a global level, the study will compare the white matter fibers of the left and right hemisphere to probe whether physiological language lateralization is preserved.
We aim to increase our knowledge of the impact of preterm birth on the maturation of the visual and auditory systems and on the development of multisensory perception Specifically, we aim to evaluate the preterm infants' capabilities of detection and discrimination of different visual and auditory stimuli according to gestational age, post menstrual age and the duration of the postnatal life. A secondary aim is to compare this competencies in preterm and full term control art term equivalent age. The final aim is to optimize the hospital environment in order to make it correspond to the expectations and sensory abilities of very preterm infants. Our hypothesis is that preterm birth exposes the infants to numerous atypical stimuli which could accelerate the processes of sensory maturation
The purpose of this investigation is to conduct a randomized, patient-blinded prospective controlled trial comparing peripheral intravenous cannulation in children done by: 1. Conventional landmark cannulation where the intravenous cannulation is done by direct visual guidance or palpation or a combination thereof. 2. Ultrasound guided cannulation by means of DNTP. The investigators hypothesize that with ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation the first-attempt success rate will be significantly higher than by the conventional landmark cannulation technique.
Effect of intraoperative remifentanil infusion rate on postoperative tolerance and analgesic consumption in pediatric laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy.