Postoperative apnoea in ex-premature infants is inversely proportional to gestational age at
birth and postmenstrual age (PMA). Spinal anaesthesia is an important technique in ex …

Spinal and caudal anaesthesia have become valuable techniques for herniotomies and
lower abdominal surgery in former preterm infants. Despite the lack of clear scientific …

Hypotheses Use of spinal anesthesia is safe and effective in an outpatient population of
preterm infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair (IHR) and eliminates routine postoperative …

The available evidence does not allow unequivocal conclusions to be drawn or
recommendations to be made. Awake regional anaesthesia for herniotomies in preterm …

Inguinal hernias are the most common diagnosis requiring surgical repair in children of all
ages. Anesthetic management of premature infants is often difficult due to their comorbidities …

The role of single shot spinal anesthesia has been established in ex-premature infants at
risk of apnea. However, use of epidural anesthesia in neonates is on the rise. In this …

BACKGROUND: With improvements in neonatal intensive care, more premature infants are
surviving the neonatal period. With this increase, more are presenting for surgery in early …

Ex‐premature infants, before 45 weeks postconceptional age, are at high‐risk of apnoea
after surgery. General anaesthesia increases the risk of apnoea. We evaluated the tolerance …

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

Ex‐premature babies are at risk of apnoea after surgery. Regional anaesthesia has been
used as an alternative to general anaesthesia for some surgical procedures in the belief that …