General anaesthesia with high dose narcotics has traditionally been used for repair of patent
ductus arteriosus (PDA) in high risk neonates. Spinal anaesthesia in infants has generally …

The development of apnea following general anesthesia in high-risk infants (< 60 weeks
postconceptual age) has been reported up to 37%, prompting the routine admission of these …

Spinal anaesthesia was used for 25 infants who were born prematurely and who
subsequently required inguinal herniotomy. Hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% was administered …

More premature infants are now surviving because of advances in perinatal care. Premature
infants often have cogenital anomalies requiring operative correction and are at increased …

Introduction: There are conflicting reports on the effects of spinal anesthesia (SA) on
hemodynamics. Data on the hemodynamic effects of SA in infants with congenital heart …

The use of spinal anaesthesia in children has been primarily limited to situations in which
general anaesthesia was considered to pose an excessive risk. The ex-premature infant and …

Background: The main goals of diagnostic cardiac catheterization (DCC) in infants are to
evaluate the anatomy and physiology of congenital and acquired cardiac defects while …

Methods The medical history and perioperative course of all infants who underwent SA over
a 28-month period were collected (retrospectively in the first 20). Results Sixty-two infants …

Background: This prospective series examined the haemodynamic effects of high spinal
anaesthesia in combination with light general anaesthesia in infants and children …

A case of spinal anesthesia in an extremely low birth weight male infant (body weight of 930
g at time of surgery) is presented. He was born prematurely at a gestational age of 27 weeks …