Aim: To review peri-operative assessment of pain, documentation practices, management interventions, psychological preparation and followup in children. Methods: A retrospective audit at the Homerton ...

A recent report provided anesthesiologists with reassuring data on the safety of caudal nerve block—sometimes called the "kiddie caudal"—for infants and young children undergoing surgery. But an ...

The research efforts of two separate groups have generated novel findings that should markedly improve management of pediatric postoperative pain. Control of pain in children who have undergone minor ...

A splash block can have a similar analgesic effect as that of a caudal block for children’s postoperative herniorrhaphy pain, according to a study published in the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology.

A regional anesthesia procedure widely used for surgery in infants and young children is effective and safe, with a minimal rate of serious complications, concludes a large database study. A regional ...

A regional anesthesia procedure — caudal nerve block — has a complication rate of less than two percent in surgery for infants and young children, according to a study published in the October issue ...