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Chapter 15 - Regional Anaesthesia in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2025

By
Naveen Raj  and
Steve Roberts
Edited by
James Ip ,
Grant Stuart ,
Isabeau Walker  and
Ian James
James Ip
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Grant Stuart
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Isabeau Walker
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Ian James
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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Summary

This chapter describes the principles and practice of regional anaesthesia and analgesia in children. The anatomy, imaging, pharmacology and clinical principles of the most commonly used blocks are described.

Keywords

Paediatric regional blocksregional anaesthesiaregional analgesialocal anaesthesialocal anaesthetic toxicity
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Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia , pp. 169 - 187
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Brown, DL. Atlas of Regional Anesthesia, 2nd ed. Saunders. 1999. Available at: www.nysora.com/%20regional_anesthesia/sub-specialties/pediatric_anesthesia/index.1.html.Google Scholar
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Jones, MR, Novitch, MB, Sen, S. et al. Upper extremity regional anesthesia techniques: a comprehensive review for clinical anesthesiologists. Best Practices & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 2020 March; 34(1):e13–e29.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Saadawi, M, Layera, S, Aliste, J, Bravo, D, Leurcharusmee, P, Tran, DQ. Erector spinae plane block: a narrative review with systematic analysis of the evidence pertaining to clinical indications and alternative truncal blocks. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2021 February; 68:110063.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tran, DQ, Bravo, D, Leurcharusmee, P, Neal, JM. Transversus abdominis plane block: a narrative review. Anesthesiology 2019 November; 131(5):1166–90.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Urits, I, Ostling, PS, Novitch, MB et al. Truncal regional nerve blocks in clinical anesthesia practice. Best Practices & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 2019 December; 33(4):559–71.Google ScholarPubMed
Wiegele, M, Marhofer, P, Lönnqvist, P-A. Caudal epidural blocks in paediatric patients: a review and practical considerations. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2019 April; 122(4):509–17.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Woodworth, GE, Ivie, RMJ, Nelson, SM, Walker, CM, Maniker, RB. Perioperative breast analgesia: a qualitative review of anatomy and regional techniques. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2017 September/October; 42(5):609–31.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Xie, C, Ran, G, Chen, D, Lu, Y. A narrative review of ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block. Annals of Palliative Medicine 2021 January; 10(1):700–6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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