Presurgical fentanyl vs caudal block and the incidence of adverse respiratory events in children after orchidopexy

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1220-1225

  Khalil, Samia N ^a   Matuszczak, Maria E ^a   Maposa, Douglas ^a   Bolos, Mariana E ^a   Lingadevaru, Hemaneth S ^a   Chuang, Alice Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Early postoperative; Hypoxemia; I.v. fentanyl; Orchidopexy; Postextubation adverse upper airway events; Presurgical caudal analgesia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

AGE; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORCHIDOPEXY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANOXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGISMUS; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450170381     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03164.x     Document Type: Article

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