Anesthesiology and Intensive Care

Caution during puncture Ultrasound-guided techniques are recommended for children with small veins that are difficult to puncture. Select a thinner, lighter probe than for adults. A linear probe or hockey-stick probe can be used. Recommended catheters

Start reading here:  50+ IV Therapy Tips and Tricks: How to Hit the Vein in One Shot Starting an IV to a pediatric patient is extra challenging as their veins are smaller and are sometimes distressed when they see a needle. Hopefully, these IV tips for pediatric patients can help you:

          The general recommendation to use aspirin in children was withdrawn because of Reye syndrome, with use of aspirin only recommended in  Kawasaki disease .    Reye syndrome is a rapidly progressive encephalopathy.  

                       --  Back to reading recommendations  1 -16  -- Recommendation 17:  Oral administration of paracetamol is preferable to rectal administration in children, because absorption is more constant and it is possible to achieve a more precise dosage based on body weight (evidence level I; strength of recommendation A). 

Recommendation 1 : Rectal measurement should not be used routinely in children aged < 5 years because it is invasive and causes discomfort (evidence level III; strength of recommendation D). 

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CHICAGO – Children who are exposed to general anesthesia from birth to age 2 have developmental testing results in kindergarten that are similar to those of children who have not been exposed, according to a new study published in the October issue of  Anesthesiology , the official medical journal of the  American Society of Anesthesiologists  (ASA).