Background and Objectives Dosage of local anesthetics (LAs) used for regional anesthesia
in children is not well determined. In order to evaluate and come to a consensus regarding …

Lidocaine is an amide local anaesthetic initially used intravenously as an antiarrhythmic
agent. At some point it was proposed that intravenous lidocaine (IVL) had an analgesic …

Background Several previous surveys have estimated the rate of major complications that
occur after regional anesthesia. However, because of the increase in the use of regional …

Background and Objectives Some topics in the clinical management of regional anesthesia
in children remain controversial. To evaluate and come to a consensus regarding some of …

Summary Background: The French‐Language Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists
(ADARPEF) designed a 1‐year prospective, multicenter and anonymous study to update …

Background: The main objectives of premedication in children are to facilitate the separation
from the parents, to reduce preoperative anxiety, to smooth the induction of anesthesia and …

Extradural clonidine produces analgesia in adults. To assess its efficacy in children, we
randomized 45 pediatric patients aged 1-7 yr presenting for a subumbilical surgery into …

Excessive anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality in children has been explained in part
by a lack of competency in pediatric anesthesiology(1). As a result, precise guidelines …

We sought to evaluate the effect of filling an endotracheal tube cuff with 40 mg lidocaine
alone (Group L) or alkalinized lidocaine (Group LB) in comparison to an Air Control group …

Objectives The world is currently facing an unprecedented healthcare crisis caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of these guidelines is to produce a framework to …