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4. Evaluation of a Pre-Filled Table and a Flowchart-Based Algorithm as Cognitive Aids to Reduce Deviations in Dose Calculation for Intraoperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Children—An International Web-Based Simulation

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Florian Piekarski, Stephanie Noone, Thomas Engelhardt, Martin Hellmich, Eva Wittenmeier, Vinicius Quintao, Philip Arnold, Susan M. Goobie, Kai Zacharowski, and Jost Kaufmann

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children, transfusion, cognitive aids, red blood cell, simulation, blood loss, Pediatrics, RJ1-570
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Background: Transfusion of red blood cell concentrate can be life-saving, but requires accurate dose calculations in children. Aims: We tested the hypothesis that cognitive aids would improve identification of the correct recommended volumes and products, according to the German National Transfusion guidelines, in pediatric transfusion scenarios. Methods: Four online questionnaire-based scenarios, two with hemodynamically stable and two with hemodynamically unstable children, were sent to German and international pediatric anesthetists for completion. In the two stable scenarios, participants were given pre-filled tables that contained all required information. For the two emergency scenarios, existing algorithms were used and required calculation by the user. The results were classified into three categories of deviations from the recommended values (DRV): DRV120 (120%), as the acceptable variation; DRV 300 (300%), the deviation of concern for potential harm; and DRV 1000 (1000%), the excessive deviation with a high probability of harm. Results: A total of 1.458 pediatric anesthetists accessed this simulation questionnaire, and 402 completed questionnaires were available for analysis. A pre-filled tabular aid, avoiding calculations, led to a reduction in deviation rates in the category of DRV120 by 60% for each and of DRV300 by 17% and 20%, respectively. The use of algorithms as aids for unstable emergencies led to a reduction in the deviation rate only for DRV120 (20% and 15% respectively). In contrast, the deviation rates for DRV300 and DRV1000 rose by 37% and 16%, respectively. Participants used higher transfusion thresholds for the emergency case of a 2-year-old compromised child than for the stable case with a patient of the same age (on average, 8.6 g/dL, 95% CI 8.5–8.8 versus 7.1 g/dL, 95% CI 7.0–7.2, p < 0.001) if not supported by our aids. Participants also used a higher transfusion threshold for unstable children aged 3 months than for stable children of the same age (on average, 8.9 g/dL, 95% CI 8.7–9.0 versus 7.9 g/dL, 95% CI 7.7–8.0, p < 0.001). Conclusions: The use of cognitive aids with precalculated transfusion volumes for determining transfusion doses in children may lead to improved adherence to published recommendations, and could potentially reduce dosing deviations outside those recommended by the German national transfusion guidelines.

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2023
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5. Pharmacokinetic Profile of Plasma Levobupivacaine Following Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block for Proximal Femoral Fracture in Older Patient

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Rebecca Parr, Hal Robinson, Gary Cameron, Gillian Broadbent, Keith Charlton, Heather Wallace, and Thomas Engelhardt

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pharmacokinetics, levobupivacaine, local anesthetic systemic toxicity (last), liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (lc-ms/ms), Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
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Background: Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block (FICB) is commonly used in older patients to provide effective analgesia following hip fracture. Objectives: However, only limited Pharmacokinetic (PK) data about levobupivacaine are available to help clinical practice and establish safe volumes and amounts of local anesthetics. Methods: Ten patients aged between 53 and 87 years, who underwent hemiarthroplasty following femoral neck fracture were recruited into this study. A fixed volume (40 mL) of 0.25% levobupivacaine was injected before the induction of anesthesia using ultrasound guidance. Venous blood samples were obtained at 0, 10, 20, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, and 120 min time points and analyzed using mass spectrometry. Results: The median (interquartile range) maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of levobupivacaine was 0.48 (0.45-0.61) µg/mL, with the time to reach Cmax (tmax) of 38 minutes (30–105) after administration, a half-life of 2.8 h (1.65–5.8), and clearance rate of 0.72 L/min (0.36–1.26). The fixed volume (40 mL) of 0.25% levobupivacaine FICB did not exceed the recognized toxic threshold in adults (2.6 µg/mL). Conclusion: The data described here indicate a similar levobupivacaine PK profile for older patients undergoing FICB for hip arthroplasty compared with the levobupivacaine PK profile for the general population.

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2020

6. Glycemic Stress Index: Does It Correlate with the Intensive Care Length of Stay?

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Mathieu Georges, Thomas Engelhardt, Pablo Ingelmo, Federico Mentegazzi, and Gianluca Bertolizio

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preoperative fasting, Glycemic Stress Index, congenital heart disease, PICU length of stay, Pediatrics, RJ1-570
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Postoperative hyperglycemia is an independent risk factor for postoperative complications. In adults, perioperative hyperglycemia is influenced by prolonged fasting, but data in children are lacking. The Glycemic Stress Index (GSI) has been shown to predict prolonged Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) stays in neurosurgical patients. This study aimed to confirm the correlation between GSI and duration of intubation, PICU stay, and postoperative complications in infants undergoing elective open heart surgery. The correlation between preoperative fasting and GSI was also investigated. Methods: A retrospective chart review of 85 infants ≤ 6 months undergoing elective open heart surgery was performed. GSI values ≥ 3.9 and 4.5 were tested to determine whether they carried a higher incidence of postoperative complications (metabolic uncoupling, kidney injury, ECMO, and death). The correlation between GSI and the length of intubation, PICU stay, and duration of fasting were also investigated. Perioperative factors such as age, weight, blood gas analysis, use of inotropes, and risk adjustment for congenital heart surgery were also analyzed as possible predictors. Results: GSI correlated with the duration of intubation and PICU stay. A GSI ≥ 4.5, but not 3.9, was associated with a higher incidence of metabolic uncoupling. GSI was not influenced by preoperative fasting. None of the preoperative patient factors analyzed was associated with prolonged intubation, PICU stay, or PICU complications. An abnormal creatinine before surgery increased the risk of developing acute kidney injury postoperatively. Conclusions: GSI may be valuable to predict prolonged intubation, PICU stay, and metabolic derangement in infants undergoing cardiac surgery. Fasting does not appear to affect GSI.

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2023
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12. Neonates undergoing pyloric stenosis repair are at increased risk of difficult airway management

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Nicola Disma, Thomas Engelhardt, Tom G. Hansen, Jurgen C. de Graaff, Katalin Virag, Walid Habre, Christian Breschan, Rudolf Likar, Manuela Platzer, Isole Edelman, Johanes Eger, Stefan Heschl, Brigitte Messerer, Maria Vittinghof, Ruth Kroess, Martina Stichlberger, David Kahn, Thierry Pirotte, Caroline Pregardien, Francis Veyckemans, France Stevens, Johan Berghmans, Annemie Bauters, Luc De Baerdemaeker, Stefan De Hert, Koen Lapage, Aliaksandra Parashchanka, Jurgen Van Limmen, Piet Wyffels, Julie Lauweryns, Nadia Najafi, Joris Vundelinckx, Diana Butković, Ivana Kerovec Sorić, Sandra Kralik, Ana Markić, Josip Azman, Josko Markic, Daniela Pupacic, Michal Frelich, Petr Reimer, René Urbanec, Petra Cajková, Vladimír Mixa, Yvona Sedláčková, Lenka Knoppová, Alena Zlámalová (neé Květoňová), Martin Vavřina, Jiří Žurek, Tom Hansen, Arash Afshari, Anders Bastholm Bille, Marguerite Ellekvist, Mari-Liis Ilmoja, Reet Moor, Reet Kikas, Merle Väli, Kariantti Kallio, Elisa Reponen, Pertti Suominen, Sami Suvanto, Raisa Vähätalo, Hannu Kokki, Merja Kokki, Jarkko Harju, Miia Kokkonen, Jenni Vieri, Tuula Manner, Amory Catherine, Hugues Ludot, Dina Bert, Juliette Godart, Anne Laffargue, Hervé Dupont, Benjamin Urbina, Catherine Baujard, Philippe Roulleau, Giuseppe Staiti, Maryline Bordes, Karine Nouette Gaulain, Yann Hamonic, François Semjen, Olivier Jacqmarcq, Caroline Lejus-Bourdeau Cécile Magne, Léa Petry, Lilica Ros, Aurélien Zang, Mehdi Bennis, Bernard Coustets, Rose Fesseau, Isabelle Constant, Eliane Khalil, Nada Sabourdin, Noemie Audren, Thomas Descarpentries, Fanny Fabre, Aurélien Legrand, Emilie Druot, Gilles Orliaguet, Lucie Sabau, Lynn Uhrig, François de la Brière, Karin Jonckheer, Jean-Paul Mission, Lucia Scordo, Caroline Couchepin, Christophe Dadure, Pablo De la Arena, Laurent Hertz, Philippe Pirat, Chrystelle Sola, Myriam Bellon, Souhayl Dahmani, Florence Julien-Marsollier, Daphne Michelet, Veronique Depret-Donatien, Anne Lesage, Jost Kaufmann, Michael Laschat, Frank Wappler, Karin Becke, Lena Brunner, Karin Oppenrieder, Gregor Badelt, Karin Hochmuth, Bernhard Koller, Anita Reil, Sebastian Richter, Thomas Fischer, Anja Diers, Clemens Schorer, Andreas Weyland, Ruth Cohausz, Franz-Josef Kretz, Michaela Löffler, Markus Wilbs, Claudia Hoehne, Johanna Ulrici, Christiane Goeters, Armin Flinspach, Matthias Klages, Simone Lindau, Leila Messroghli, Kai Zacharowski, Christoph Eisner, Thomas Mueller, Daniel Richter, Melanie Schäfer, Markus Weigand, Sebastian Weiterer, Miriam Ochsenreiter, Michael Schöler, Tom Terboven, Isabel Eggemann, Sascha Haussmann, Nicolas Leister, Christoph Menzel, Uwe Trieschmann, Sirin Yücetepe, Susanna Keilig, Peter Kranke, Yvonne Jelting, Torsten Baehner, Richard Ellerkmann, Shahab Ghamari, Claudia Neumann, Martin Söhle, Pelagia Chloropoulou, Vagia Ntritsou, Pinelopi Papagiannopoulou, Eleana Garini, Afroditi Karafotia, Panagoula Mammi, Evangelia Bali, Despoina Iordanidou, Anna Malisiova, Artemis Polyzoi, Adelais Tsiotou, Erzsebet Sapi, Edgar Székely, Nandor Kosik, Veronika Maráczi, Janos Schnur, Judit Csillag, János Gál, Gergely Göbl, Balázs Hauser, András Petróczy, Gyula Tövisházi, Stuart Blain, Sarah Gallagher, Sinead Harte, Mandy Jackson, Emma Meehan, Zeenat Nawoor, Brendan O’Hare, Mark Ross, Daniela Lerro, Marinella Astuto, Chiara Grasso, Rita Scalisi, Giulia Frasacco, Elena Lenares, Roberto Leone, Maurizia Grazzini, Carmelo Minardi, Nicola Zadra, Gilda Cinnella, Antonella Cotoia, Dario Galante, Brita De Lorenzo, Beate Kuppers, Giulia Bottazzi, Fabio Caramelli, Maria Cristina Mondardini, Emanuele Rossetti, Sergio Picardo, Alessandro Vittori, Anna Camporesi, Francesca Izzo, Edoardo Calderini, Laura Brigitta Colantonio, Simona Anna Finamore, Giuliana Anna Porro, Rachele Bonfiglio, Svetlana Kotzeva, Girolamo Mattioli, Camilla Micalizzi, Alessia Montaguti, Angela Pistorio, Anna Guddo, Gerald Rogan Neba, Moreno Favarato, Bruno Guido Locatelli, Micol Maffioletti, Valter Sonzogni, Rossella Garra, Maria Sammartino, Fabio Sbaraglia, Andrea Cortegiani, Alessandra Moscarelli, Elena Attanasi, Simonetta Tesoro, Cristina Agapiti, Francesca Pinzoni, Cesare Vezzoli, Bilotta Federico, Arta Barzdina, Zane Straume, Anda Zundane, Laura Lukosiene, Irena Maraulaite, Ilona Razlevice, Bernd Schmitz, Stephanie Mifsud, Carolin Aehling, Celia Allison, Rients De Boer, Dina Emal, Markus Stevens, Marielle Buitenhuis, Jurgen de Graaff, Inge De Liefde, Andreas Machotta, Gail Scoones, Lonneke Staals, Jeremy Tomas, Anouk Van der Knijff-van Dortmont, Marianne Veldhuizen, David Alders, Eva Schafrat, Jan Schreiber, Petronella Mari Vermeulen, Mark Hendriks, Sandra Lako, Marieke Voet-Lindner, Barbe Pieters, Gert-Jan Scheffer, Luc Tielens, Anthony R. Absalom, Margot Bergsma, Joke De Ruiter, Sascha Meier, Martin Volkers, Tjerk Zweers, Anne M. Beukers, Christa Boer, Jurgen Dertinger, Sandra Numan, Bas Van Zaane, Wenche B. Boerke, Nil Ekiz, Kristoffer Stensrud, Inger Marie Drage, Erik Ramon Isern, Alicja Bartkowska-Sniatkowska, Malgorzata Grzeskowiak, Magdalena Juzwa-Sobieraj, Jowita Rosada-Kurasińska, Artur Baranowski, Karina Jakubowska, Dorota Lewandowska, Magdalena Mierzewska-Schmidt, Piotr Sawicki, Magdalena Urban-Lechowicz, Pomianek Przemyslaw, Marzena Zielinska, Teresa Leal, Maria Soares, Pedro Pina, Sílvia Pinho, Maria Domingas Patuleia, Catarina Cruz Esteves, Helena Salgado, Maria João Santos, Rodica Badeti, Iulia Cindea, Loredana Oana, Adriana Gurita, Luminita Ilie, Gabriel Mocioiu, Radu Tabacaru, Irina Trante, Valentin Munteanu, Mihai Morariu, Emese Nyíri, Ivana Budic, Vesna Marjanovic, Biljana Drašković, Marina Pandurov, Jordanka Ilic, Ana Mandras, Zdenka Rados, Nikola Stankovic, Maja Suica, Sladjana Vasiljevic, Mirjana Knezevic, Irina Milojevic, Ivana Petrov, Selena Puric Racic, Dusica Simic, Irena Simic, Marija Stevic, Irena Vulicevic, Banská Bystrica, Barbora Cabanová, Miloslav Hanula, Jelena Berger, Darja Janjatovic, Špela Pirtovšek Štupnik, Dolores Méndez, Gema Pino, Paloma Rubio, Alberto Izquierdo, Silvia López, Cristina González Serrano, Jesús Cebrián, Ana Peleteiro, Pilar Del Rey de Diego, Ernesto Martínez García, Carolina Tormo de las Heras, Pablo Troncoso Montero, Celia Arbona, David Artés, Alicia Chamizo, Silvia Serrano, Montserrat Suarez Comas, Francisco Escribá, Cristina Auli, Osvaldo Pérez Pardo, Natalia Sierra Biddle, Ceferina Suárez Castaño, María Isabel Villalobos Rico, Susana Manrique Muñoz, Irene García Martínez, Nuria Montferrer Estruch, Elena Vilardell Ortíz, Rodrigo Poves-Álvarez, Ivan Kohn, Ulf Lindestam, Jarl Reinhard, Albert Castellheim, Kerstin Sandström, Sporre Bengt, Rainer Dörenberg, Peter Frykholm, Maria Garcia, Ann Kvarnström, Emma Pontén, Thomas Bruelisauer, Gabor Erdoes, Heiko Kaiser, Mathias Marchon, Thomas Riva, Stefan Seiler, Yann Bögli, Mirko Dolci, Carine Marcucci, Isabelle Pichon, Laszlo Vutskits, Mattias Casutt, Martin Hölzle, Thomas Hurni, Martin Jöhr, Anna-Ursina Malär, Jacqueline Mauch, Thomas Erb, Karin Oeinck, Mine Akin, Gulsen Keskin, Yesim Senayli, Guner Kaya, Pinar Kendigelen, Ayse Çiğdem Tutuncu, Zehra Hatipoğlu, Dilek Özcengiz, Hale Aksu Erdost, Elvan Öçmen, Çimen Olguner, Hilmi Ayanoglu, Pelin Corman Dincer, Tumay Umuroglu, Mustafa Azizoglu, Handan Birbiçer, Nurcan Doruk, Aslı Sagun, Sibel Baris, Dmytro Dmytriiev, Sridevi Kuchi, Nuria Masip, Peter Brooks, Alison Hare, Nargis Ahmad, Michelle Casey, Sam De Silva, Nadine Dobby, Prakash Krishnan, L. Amaki Sogbodjor, Ellie Walker, Suellen Walker, Stephanie King, Katy Nicholson, Michelle Quinney, Paul Stevens, Andrew Blevin, Mariangela Giombini, Chulananda Goonasekera, Sadia Adil, Stephanie Bew, Carol Bodlani, Dan Gilpin, Stephanie Jinks, Nalini Malarkkan, Alice Miskovic, Rebecca Pad, Juliet Wolfe Barry, Joy Abbott, James Armstrong, Natalie Cooper, Lindsay Crate, John Emery, Kathryn James, Hannah King, Paul Martin, Stefano Scalia Catenacci, Rob Bomont, Paul Smith, Sara Mele, Alessandra Verzelloni, Philippa Dix, Graham Bell, Elena Gordeva, Lesley McKee, Esther Ngan, Jutta Scheffczik, Li-En Tan, Mark Worrall, Carmel Cassar, Kevin Goddard, Victoria Barlow, Vimmi Oshan, Khairi Shah, Sarah Bell, Lisa Daniels, Monica Gandhi, David Pachter, Chris Perry, Andrew Robertson, Carmen Scott, Lynne Waring, David Barnes, Sophie Childs, Joanne Norman, Robin Sunderland, Dowell Julia, Feijten Prisca, Harlet Pierre, Herbineaux Sarah, Leva Brigitte, Plichon Benoît, Virág Katalin, and Anesthesiology

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Europe, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Infant, Newborn, Intubation, Intratracheal, Humans, Infant, airway management, complications, difficult airway, neonatal anaesthesia, pyloric stenosis, tracheal intubation, Anesthesia, Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic, Airway Management, Child, Hypoxia
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Background: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in otherwise healthy neonates frequently requires urgent surgical procedure but anaesthesia care may result in respiratory complications, such as hypoxaemia, pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents, and postoperative apnoea. The primary aim was to study whether or not the incidence of difficult airway management and of hypoxaemia in neonates undergoing pyloric stenosis repair was higher than that in neonates undergoing other surgeries. Methods: Data on neonates and infants undergoing anaesthesia and surgery for pyloric stenosis were extracted from the NEonate and Children audiT of Anesthesia pRactice In Europe (NECTARINE) database, for secondary analysis. Results: We identified 310 infants who had anaesthesia for surgery for pyloric stenosis. Difficult airway management (more than two attempts at laryngoscopy) was higher in children with pyloric stenosis when compared with the entire NECTARINE cohort (7.9% [95% confidence interval {CI}, 5.22–11.53] vs 4.4% [95% CI, 1.99–6.58]; relative risk [RR]=1.81 [95% CI, 1.21–2.69]; P=0.004), whereas transient hypoxaemia with oxygen saturation

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2022

13. The German guidelines for medication safety in pediatric emergencies

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Jost, Kaufmann, Thomas, Engelhardt, and Johannes, Winning

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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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Medication errors are a significant threat to the safety of patients of all ages. These errors are more common in children than in adults due to age specific drug dosages, drug dilutions and individual dose calculation based on body weight. In addition, it may be necessary to rapidly administer several potentially harmful or even life-threatening drugs during the emergency situation. It is not possible to provide specialized pediatric emergency teams for every prehospital or intra-hospital emergency and technical resources are frequently not identical to those of a specialized facility further increasing the risk of medication errors. This narrative review of the German Guidelines for Medication Safety in Pediatric Emergencies introduces the main principles for medication safety in pediatric emergencies and the highlights its most important pragmatic measures and recommendations.

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2022

18. Congenital interstitial lung diseases: What the anesthesiologist needs to know

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Thomas Engelhardt, Francis Veyckemans, and Gianluca Bertolizio

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Adult, Lung Diseases, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Lymphangiectasis, Lung biopsy, Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome, Hypoxemia, Humans, Medicine, Child, Lung, Lymphangiomatosis, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, respiratory system, Hyperplasia, medicine.disease, Pulmonary hypertension, Anesthesiologists, Pulmonary Alveoli, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, Dysplasia, Child, Preschool, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, medicine.symptom, Lung Diseases, Interstitial, business, Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
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Congenital interstitial lung diseases can affect both adults and children. Pediatric congenital interstitial lung diseases generally carry high risk for morbidly and mortality and include congenital alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins, congenital alveolar dysplasia, acinar dysplasia, congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis, diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis, neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy, pulmonary hemosiderosis, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis. Given their usual non-specific clinical presentation, they are frequently misdiagnosed and recognized late, particularly in children who have been apparently healthy for several years (eg, diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis). Some diseases have a very poor prognosis, whereas others have a benign course with appropriate treatment. The current manuscript reviews congenital interstitial lung diseases that typically affect neonates and young children and may be encountered by the pediatric anesthesiologist.

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2021

19. Improving Pediatric Drug Safety in Prehospital Emergency Care—10 Years on

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Eva Singer, Jost Kaufmann, Frank Wappler, Thomas Engelhardt, Alex Lechleuthner, Tobias Klein, Stefanie Uhl, Andreas Böhmer, and Frank Eifinger

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Relative risk reduction, medicine.medical_specialty, Emergency Medical Services, Leadership and Management, MEDLINE, Original Studies, Fentanyl, pediatric drug safety, medicine, Humans, Ketamine, Dosing, Child, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatric drug, Body Height, medication errors, prehospital care, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Emergency medicine, Midazolam, Administration, Intravenous, business, pediatric emergency care, medicine.drug, Prehospital Emergency Care
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OBJECTIVES The Pediatric Emergency Ruler (PaedER) is a height-based drug dose recommendation tool that was reported to reduce life-threatening medication errors by 90%. The PaedER was introduced into the Cologne Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in 2008 along with educational measures, publications, and lectures for pediatric drug safety. We reviewed the impact of these continuously ongoing measures on medication errors after 10 years. METHODS The PaedER was introduced and distributed to all 14 emergency ambulances and 2 helicopters staffed with emergency physicians in the city of Cologne in November 2008. Electronic records and medical protocols of the Cologne EMS over two 20-month periods from March 2007 to October 2008 and March 2018 to October 2019 data sets were retrieved. The administered doses of either intravenous, intraosseous, intranasal, or buccal fentanyl, midazolam, ketamine, or epinephrine were recorded. Primary outcome measure was the rate of severe drug dosing errors with a deviation from the recommended dose of greater than 300%. RESULTS A total of 59 and 443 drug administrations were analyzed for 2007/08 and 2018/19, respectively. The overall rate of drug dosing errors decreased from 22.0% to 9.9% (P = 0.014; relative risk reduction, 55%). Four of 5 severe dosing errors for epinephrine were avoided (P < 0.021; relative risk reduction, 78%). Documentation of patient's weight increased from 3.2% in 2007/08 to 30.5% in 2018/19 (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The distribution of the PaedER combined by educational measures significantly reduced the rates of life-threatening medication errors in a large EMS. Those results should motivate further initiatives on pediatric drug safety in prehospital emergency care.

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2021

21. Direct versus video laryngoscopy with standard blades for neonatal and infant tracheal intubation with supplemental oxygen: a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial

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Thomas Riva, Thomas Engelhardt, Reto Basciani, Rachele Bonfiglio, Evelien Cools, Alexander Fuchs, Annery G Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, Robert Greif, Walid Habre, Markus Huber, Maria-Alexandra Petre, Britta S von Ungern-Sternberg, David Sommerfield, Lorenz Theiler, Nicola Disma, Mathias Johansen, Stefan Seiler, Nadja Fisler, Jennifer Wittwer, Martina Kämpfer, Marco Enderlin, Aine Sommerfield, Lliana Slevin, Julie Nguyen, Neil Hauser, Luis Sequera-Ramos, Rodrigo Daly-Guris, Andrea Dato, Andrea Moscatelli, Andrea Wolfler, and Girolamo Mattioli

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Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology
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Tracheal intubation in neonates and infants is a potentially life-saving procedure. Video laryngoscopy has been found to improve first-attempt tracheal intubation success and reduce complications compared with direct laryngoscopy in children younger than 12 months. Supplemental periprocedural oxygen might increase the likelihood of successful first-attempt intubation because of an increase in safe apnoea time. We tested the hypothesis that direct laryngoscopy is not inferior to video laryngoscopy when using standard blades and supplemental oxygen is provided.We did a non-inferiority, international, multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial, in which we randomly assigned neonates and infants aged up to 52 weeks postmenstrual age scheduled for elective tracheal intubation to either direct laryngoscopy or video laryngoscopy (1:1 ratio, randomly assigned using a secure online service) at seven tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, and the USA. An expected difficult intubation was the main exclusion criteria. Parents and patients were masked to the assigned group of treatment. All infants received supplemental oxygen (1 L/Kg per min) during laryngoscopy until the correct tracheal tube position was confirmed. The primary outcome was the proportion of first-attempt tracheal intubation success, defined as appearance of end-tidal COOf 599 patients assessed, 250 patients were included between Oct 26, 2020, and March 11, 2022. 244 patients were included in the final modified intention-to-treat analysis. The median postmenstrual age on the day of intubation was 44·0 weeks (IQR 41·0-48·0) in the direct laryngoscopy group and 46·0 weeks (42·0-49·0) in the video laryngoscopy group, 34 (28%) were female in the direct laryngoscopy group and 38 (31%) were female in the video laryngoscopy group. First-attempt tracheal intubation success rate with no desaturation was higher with video laryngoscopy (89·3% [95% CI 83·7 to 94·8]; n=108/121) compared with direct laryngoscopy (78·9% [71·6 to 86·1]; n=97/123), with an adjusted absolute risk difference of 9·5% (0·8 to 18·1; p=0·033). The incidence of adverse events between the two groups was similar (-2·5% [95% CI -9·6 to 4·6]; p=0·490). Post-anaesthesia complications occurred seven times in six patients with no difference between the groups.Video laryngoscopy with standard blades in combination with supplemental oxygen in neonates and infants might increase the success rate of first-attempt tracheal intubation, when compared with direct laryngoscopy with supplemental oxygen. The incidence of hypoxaemia increased with the number of attempts, but was similar between video laryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy. Video laryngoscopy with oxygen should be considered as the technique of choice when neonates and infants are intubated.Swiss Pediatric Anaesthesia Society, Swiss Society for Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Foundation for Research in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Channel 7 Telethon Trust, Stan Perron Charitable Foundation, National Health and Medical Research Council.

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2022

25. Difficult tracheal intubation in neonates and infants. NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe (NECTARINE)

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Nicola Disma, Katalin Virag, Thomas Riva, Jost Kaufmann, Thomas Engelhardt, Walid Habre, Christian Breschan, Rudolf Likar, Manuela Platzer, Isole Edelman, Johanes Eger, Stefan Heschl, Brigitte Messerer, Maria Vittinghof, Ruth Kroess, Martina Stichlberger, David Kahn, Thierry Pirotte, Caroline Pregardien, Francis Veyckemans, France Stevens, Johan Berghmans, Annemie Bauters, Luc De Baerdemaeker, Stefan De Hert, Koen Lapage, Aliaksandra Parashchanka, Jurgen Van Limmen, Piet Wyffels, Julie Lauweryns, Nadia Najafi, Joris Vundelinckx, Diana Butković, Ivana Kerovec Sorić, Sandra Kralik, Ana Markić, Josip Azman, Josko Markic, Daniela Pupacic, Michal Frelich, Petr Reimer, René Urbanec, Petra Cajková, Vladimír Mixa, Yvona Sedláčková, Lenka Knoppová, Alena Zlámalová (neé Květoňová), Martin Vavřina, Jiří Žurek, Tom Hansen, Arash Afshari, Anders Bastholm Bille, Marguerite Ellekvist, Mari-Liis Ilmoja, Reet Moor, Reet Kikas, Merle Väli, Kariantti Kallio, Elisa Reponen, Pertti Suominen, Sami Suvanto, Raisa Vähätalo, Hannu Kokki, Merja Kokki, Jarkko Harju, Miia Kokkonen, Jenni Vieri, Tuula Manner, Catherine Amory, Hugues Ludot, Dina Bert, Juliette Godart, Anne Laffargue, Hervé Dupont, Benjamin Urbina, Catherine Baujard, Philippe Roulleau, Giuseppe Staiti, Maryline Bordes, Karine Nouette Gaulain, Yann Hamonic, François Semjen, Olivier Jacqmarcq, Caroline Lejus-Bourdeau, Cécile Magne, Léa Petry, Lilica Ros, Aurélien Zang, Mehdi Bennis, Bernard Coustets, Rose Fesseau, Isabelle Constant, Eliane Khalil, Nada Sabourdin, Noemie Audren, Thomas Descarpentries, Fanny Fabre, Aurélien Legrand, Emilie Druot, Gilles Orliaguet, Lucie Sabau, Lynn Uhrig, François de la Brière, Karin Jonckheer, Jean-Paul Mission, Lucia Scordo, Caroline Couchepin, Christophe Dadure, Pablo De la Arena, Laurent Hertz, Philippe Pirat, Chrystelle Sola, Myriam Bellon, Souhayl Dahmani, Florence Julien-Marsollier, Daphne Michelet, Veronique Depret-Donatien, Anne Lesage, Michael Laschat, Frank Wappler, Karin Becke, Lena Brunner, Karin Oppenrieder, Gregor Badelt, Karin Hochmuth, Bernhard Koller, Anita Reil, Sebastian Richter, Thomas Fischer, Anja Diers, Clemens Schorer, Andreas Weyland, Ruth Cohausz, Franz-Josef Kretz, Michaela Löffler, Markus Wilbs, Claudia Hoehne, Johanna Ulrici, Christiane Goeters, Armin Flinspach, Matthias Klages, Simone Lindau, Leila Messroghli, Kai Zacharowski, Christoph Eisner, Thomas Mueller, Daniel Richter, Melanie Schäfer, Markus Weigand, Sebastian Weiterer, Miriam Ochsenreiter, Michael Schöler, Tom Terboven, Isabel Eggemann, Sascha Haussmann, Nicolas Leister, Christoph Menzel, Uwe Trieschmann, Sirin Yücetepe, Susanna Keilig, Peter Kranke, Yvonne Jelting, Torsten Baehner, Richard Ellerkmann, Shahab Ghamari, Claudia Neumann, Martin Söhle, Pelagia Chloropoulou, Vagia Ntritsou, Pinelopi Papagiannopoulou, Eleana Garini, Afroditi Karafotia, Panagoula Mammi, Evangelia Bali, Despoina Iordanidou, Anna Malisiova, Artemis Polyzoi, Adelais Tsiotou, Erzsebet Sapi, Edgar Székely, Nandor Kosik, Veronika Maráczi, Janos Schnur, Judit Csillag, János Gál, Gergely Göbl, Balázs Hauser, András Petróczy, Gyula Tövisházi, Stuart Blain, Sarah Gallagher, Sinead Harte, Mandy Jackson, Emma Meehan, Zeenat Nawoor, Brendan O’Hare, Mark Ross, Daniela Lerro, Marinella Astuto, Chiara Grasso, Rita Scalisi, Giulia Frasacco, Elena Lenares, Roberto Leone, Maurizia Grazzini, Carmelo Minardi, Nicola Zadra, Gilda Cinnella, Antonella Cotoia, Dario Galante, Brita De Lorenzo, Beate Kuppers, Giulia Bottazzi, Fabio Caramelli, Maria Cristina Mondardini, Emanuele Rossetti, Sergio Picardo, Alessandro Vittori, Anna Camporesi, Andrea Wolfler, Edoardo Calderini, Laura Brigitta Colantonio, Simona Anna Finamore, Giuliana Anna Porro, Rachele Bonfiglio, Svetlana Kotzeva, Leila Mameli, Girolamo Mattioli, Camilla Micalizzi, Alessia Montaguti, Angela Pistorio, Clelia Zanaboni, Anna Guddo, Gerald Rogan Neba, Moreno Favarato, Bruno Guido Locatelli, Micol Maffioletti, Valter Sonzogni, Rossella Garra, Maria Sammartino, Fabio Sbaraglia, Andrea Cortegiani, Alessandra Moscarelli, Elena Attanasi, Simonetta Tesoro, Cristina Agapiti, Francesca Pinzoni, Cesare Vezzoli, Federico Bilotta, Arta Barzdina, Zane Straume, Anda Zundane, Laura Lukosiene, Irena Maraulaite, Ilona Razlevice, Bernd Schmitz, Stephanie Mifsud, Carolin Aehling, Celia Allison, Rients De Boer, Dina Emal, Markus Stevens, Marielle Buitenhuis, Jurgen de Graaff, Inge De Liefde, Andreas Machotta, Gail Scoones, Lonneke Staals, Jeremy Tomas, Anouk Van der Knijff-van Dortmont, Marianne Veldhuizen, David Alders, Wolfgang Buhre, Eva Schafrat, Jan Schreiber, Petronella Mari Vermeulen, Mark Hendriks, Sandra Lako, Marieke Voet-Lindner, Barbe Pieters, Gert-Jan Scheffer, Luc Tielens, Anthony R. Absalom, Margot Bergsma, Joke De Ruiter, Sascha Meier, Martin Volkers, Tjerk Zweers, Anne M. Beukers, Christa Boer, Jurgen Dertinger, Sandra Numan, Bas Van Zaane, Wenche B. Boerke, Nil Ekiz, Kristoffer Stensrud, Inger Marie Drage, Erik Ramon Isern, Alicja Bartkowska-Sniatkowska, Malgorzata Grzeskowiak, Magdalena Juzwa-Sobieraj, Jowita Rosada-Kurasińska, Artur Baranowski, Karina Jakubowska, Dorota Lewandowska, Magdalena Mierzewska-Schmidt, Piotr Sawicki, Magdalena Urban-Lechowicz, Pomianek Przemyslaw, Marzena Zielinska, Teresa Leal, Maria Soares, Pedro Pina, Sílvia Pinho, Maria Domingas Patuleia, Catarina Cruz Esteves, Helena Salgado, Maria João Santos, Rodica Badeti, Iulia Cindea, Loredana Oana, Adriana Gurita, Luminita Ilie, Gabriel Mocioiu, Radu Tabacaru, Irina Trante, Valentin Munteanu, Mihai Morariu, Emese Nyíri, Ivana Budic, Vesna Marjanovic, Biljana Drašković, Marina Pandurov, Jordanka Ilic, Ana Mandras, Zdenka Rados, Nikola Stankovic, Maja Suica, Sladjana Vasiljevic, Mirjana Knezevic, Irina Milojevic, Ivana Petrov, Selena Puric Racic, Dusica Simic, Irena Simic, Marija Stevic, Irena Vulicevic, Barbora Cabanová, Miloslav Hanula, Jelena Berger, Darja Janjatovic, Špela Pirtovšek Štupnik, Dolores Méndez, Gema Pino, Paloma Rubio, Alberto Izquierdo, Silvia López, Cristina González Serrano, Jesús Cebrián, Ana Peleteiro, Pilar Del Rey de Diego, Ernesto Martínez García, Carolina Tormo de las Heras, Pablo Troncoso Montero, Celia Arbona, David Artés, Alicia Chamizo, Silvia Serrano, Montserrat Suarez Comas, Francisco Escribá, Cristina Auli, Osvaldo Pérez Pardo, Natalia Sierra Biddle, Ceferina Suárez Castaño, María Isabel Villalobos Rico, Susana Manrique Muñoz, Irene García Martínez, Nuria Montferrer Estruch, Elena Vilardell Ortíz, Rodrigo Poves-Álvarez, Ivan Kohn, Ulf Lindestam, Jarl Reinhard, Albert Castellheim, Kerstin Sandström, Sporre Bengt, Rainer Dörenberg, Peter Frykholm, Maria Garcia, Ann Kvarnström, Emma Pontén, Thomas Bruelisauer, Gabor Erdoes, Heiko Kaiser, Mathias Marchon, Stefan Seiler, Yann Bögli, Mirko Dolci, Carine Marcucci, Isabelle Pichon, Laszlo Vutskits, Mattias Casutt, Martin Hölzle, Thomas Hurni, Martin Jöhr, Anna-Ursina Malär, Jacqueline Mauch, Thomas Erb, Karin Oeinck, Mine Akin, Gulsen Keskin, Yesim Senayli, Guner Kaya, Pinar Kendigelen, Ayse Çiğdem Tutuncu, Zehra Hatipoğlu, Dilek Özcengiz, Hale Aksu Erdost, Elvan Öçmen, Çimen Olguner, Hilmi Ayanoglu, Pelin Corman Dincer, Tumay Umuroglu, Mustafa Azizoglu, Handan Birbiçer, Nurcan Doruk, Aslı Sagun, Sibel Baris, Dmytro Dmytriiev, Sridevi Kuchi, Nuria Masip, Peter Brooks, Alison Hare, Nargis Ahmad, Michelle Casey, Sam De Silva, Nadine Dobby, Prakash Krishnan, L. 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Subjects
Male, Time Factors, paediatric, medicine.medical_treatment, morbidity, Severity of Illness Index, 0302 clinical medicine, 030202 anesthesiology, Risk Factors, Clinical endpoint, Anesthesia, Prospective Studies, 610 Medicine & health, Hypoxia, Medical Audit, medicine.diagnostic_test, ddc:617, infants, Incidence (epidemiology), Incidence, Age Factors, anaesthesia, respiratory system, Europe, Treatment Outcome, Cohort, Female, medicine.symptom, Bradycardia, Laryngoscopy, Anesthesia/adverse effects/mortality, Risk Assessment, Europe/epidemiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Laryngoscopy/adverse effects/mortality, Hypoxia/diagnosis/epidemiology/mortality, medicine, Intubation, Intratracheal, Humans, difficult intubation, business.industry, Tracheal intubation, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Perioperative, Newborn, 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology, mortality, neonates, Clinical trial, Intratracheal, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, airway, Intubation, Intratracheal/adverse effects/mortality, neonate, Intubation, business, airways
Abstract

Background: Neonates and infants are susceptible to hypoxaemia in the perioperative period. The aim of this study was to analyse interventions related to anaesthesia tracheal intubations in this European cohort and identify their clinical consequences. Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of tracheal intubations of the European multicentre observational trial (NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe [NECTARINE]) in neonates and small infants with difficult tracheal intubation. The primary endpoint was the incidence of difficult intubation and the related complications. The secondary endpoints were the risk factors for severe hypoxaemia attributed to difficult airway management, and 30 and 90 day outcomes. Results: Tracheal intubation was planned in 4683 procedures. Difficult tracheal intubation, defined as two failed attempts of direct laryngoscopy, occurred in 266 children (271 procedures) with an incidence (95% confidence interval [CI]) of 5.8% (95% CI, 5.1e6.5). Bradycardia occurred in 8% of the cases with difficult intubation, whereas a significant decrease in oxygen saturation (SpO2

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2021

27. After nectarine: how should we provide anesthesia for neonates?

Author

Gianluca Bertolizio, Nicola Disma, and Thomas Engelhardt

Subjects
Europe, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Infant, Newborn, Humans, Infant, Anemia, Anesthesia, Hypotension, Child, Hypoxia
Abstract

Neonates have a high risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality. The NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe (NECTARINE) investigated the anesthesia practice, complications and perioperative morbidity and mortality in neonates and infants60 weeks post menstrual age requiring anesthesia across 165 European hospitals. The goal of this review is to highlight recent publications in the context of the NECTARINE findings and subsequent changes in clinical practice.A perioperative triad of hypoxia, anemia, and hypotension is associated with an increased overall mortality at 30 days. Hypoxia is frequent at induction and during maintenance of anesthesia and is commonly addressed once oxygen saturation fall below 85%.Blood transfusion practices vary widely variable among anesthesiologists and blood pressure is only a poor surrogate of tissue perfusion. Newer technologies, whereas acknowledging important limitations, may represent the currently best tools available to monitor tissue perfusion. Harmonization of pediatric anesthesia education and training, development of evidence-based practice guidelines, and provision of centralized care appear to be paramount as well as pediatric center referrals and international data collection networks.The NECTARINE provided new insights into European neonatal anesthesia practice and subsequent morbidity and mortality.Maintenance of physiological homeostasis, optimization of oxygen delivery by avoiding the triad of hypotension, hypoxia, and anemia are the main factors to reduce morbidity and mortality. Underlying and preexisting conditions such as prematurity, congenital abnormalities carry high risk of morbidity and mortality and require specialist care in pediatric referral centers.

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2022

28. Best practice & research clinical anesthesiology

Author

Mathias Johansen, Thomas Engelhardt, Martinus Hensgens, and Jurgen C. de Graaff

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Biomedical Research, Best practice, Pediatrics, Perioperative Care, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Continuing medical education, 030202 anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Health care, Risk of mortality, Medicine, Humans, Anesthesia, Quality of Health Care, business.industry, Perioperative, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Practice Guidelines as Topic, business, Pediatric anesthesia, Developed country, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Pediatric anesthesia is large part of anesthesia clinical practice. Children, parents and anesthesiologists fear anesthesia because of the risk of acute morbidity and mortality. Modern anesthesia in otherwise healthy children above 1 year of age in developed countries has become very safe due to recent advance in pharmacology, intensive education, and training as well as centralization of care. In contrast, anesthesia in these children in low-income countries is associated with a high risk of mortality due to lack of basic resources and adequate training of health care providers. Anesthesia for neonates and toddlers is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Anesthesia-related (near) critical incidents occur in 5% of anesthetic procedures and are largely dependent on the skills and up-to-date knowledge of the whole perioperative team in the specific needs for children. An investment in continuous medical education of the perioperative staff is required and international standard operating protocols for common procedures and critical situations should be defined.

Published
2021

30. Pediatric airway management

Author

Thomas Engelhardt, Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg, and Grace Hsu

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Quality management, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Laryngoscopy, Tracheal intubation, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Perioperative, respiratory system, respiratory tract diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 030202 anesthesiology, medicine, Intubation, Airway management, Intensive care medicine, business, Airway, Pediatric anesthesia
Abstract

Purpose of review Children are at risk of severe hypoxemia in the perioperative period owing to their unique anatomy and physiology. Safe and effective airway management strategies are therefore key to the practice of pediatric anesthesia. The goal of this review is to highlight recent publications (2019-2021) aimed to advance pediatric airway safety and to highlight a proposed simple, pediatric-specific, universal framework to guide clinical practice. Recent findings Recent investigations demonstrate that infants with normal and difficult airways experience high incidences of multiple laryngoscopy attempts and resulting hypoxemia. Video laryngoscopy may improve tracheal intubation first attempt success rate in infants with normal airways. In infants with difficult airways, standard blade video laryngoscopy is associated with higher first attempt success rates over non-standard blade video laryngoscopy. Recent studies in children with Pierre Robin sequence and mucopolysaccharidoses help guide airway equipment and technique selection. Department airway leads and hospital difficult airway services are necessary to disseminate knowledge, lead quality improvement initiatives, and promote evidence-based practice guidelines. Summary Pediatric airway management morbidity is a common problem in pediatric anesthesia. Improvements in individual practitioner preparation and management strategies as well as systems-based policies are required. A simple, pediatric-specific, universal airway management framework can be adopted for safe pediatric anesthesia practice.

Published
2021

31. Bleeding Duodenal Ulcer: Strategies in High-Risk Ulcers

Author

Albrecht Stier, Markus Mille, and Thomas Engelhardt

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Future studies, Ulcer bleeding, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Arterial Embolization, medicine.medical_treatment, Gold standard, Gastroenterology, digestive system diseases, Endoscopy, Duodenal ulcer, 03 medical and health sciences, Therapeutic approach, 0302 clinical medicine, Clinical Therapeutic Review, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Medicine, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Surgery, Embolization, business, Intensive care medicine
Abstract

Background: Acute peptic ulcer bleeding is still a major reason for hospital admission. Especially the management of bleeding duodenal ulcers needs a structured therapeutic approach due to the higher morbidity and mortality compared to gastric ulcers. Patient with these bleeding ulcers are often in a high-risk situation, which requires multidisciplinary treatment. Summary: This review provides a structured approach to modern management of bleeding duodenal ulcers and elucidates therapeutic practice in high-risk situations. Initial management including pharmacologic therapy, risk stratification, endoscopy, surgery, and transcatheter arterial embolization are reviewed and their role in the management of bleeding duodenal ulcers is critically discussed. Additionally, a future perspective regarding prophylactic therapeutic approaches is outlined. Key Messages: Beside pharmacotherapeutic and endoscopic advances, bleeding management of high-risk duodenal ulcers is still a challenge. When bleeding persists or rebleeding occurs and the gold standard endoscopy fails, surgical and radiological procedures are indicated to manage ulcer bleeding. Surgical procedures are performed to control hemorrhage, but they are still associated with a higher morbidity and a longer hospital stay. In the meantime, transcatheter arterial embolization is recommended as an alternative to surgery and more often replaces surgery in the management of failed endoscopic hemostasis. Future studies are needed to improve risk stratification and therefore enable a better selection of high-risk ulcers and optimal treatment. Additionally, the promising approach of prophylactic embolization in high-risk duodenal ulcers has to be further investigated to reduce rebleeding and improve outcomes in these patients.

Published
2020

32. Setting a universal standard: Should we benchmark quality outcomes for pediatric anesthesia care?

Author

Vanessa A. Olbrecht, Joshua C. Uffman, Rustin B. Morse, Thomas Engelhardt, and Joseph D. Tobias

Subjects
Adult, Benchmarking, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Adolescent, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, North America, Humans, Anesthesia, Patient Safety, Child
Abstract

Anesthesiology is a medical specialty well known for its work in patient safety, allowing the field to show a dramatic decrease in perioperative morbidity and mortality in both adults and children since the 1950s. Currently, anesthesia-related mortality is close to zero in healthy children, with deaths occurring primarily in children ASA physical status ≥4. Survival during anesthesia today represents the expectation and standard of care, rather than a marker of quality. Several programs and organizations have created measures to assess safety in pediatric anesthesia-yet none are universally accepted as safety metrics or bundled to evaluate specific aspects of care. In addition, collection of this nonstandardized data in individual centers requires a significant investment of resources and personnel limiting access to only large, "resource-rich" institutions. In this perspective paper, we provide an overview of the efforts made to enhance quality of care across medical specialties with a specific emphasis on pediatric anesthesiology. We discuss the need for standardization of metrics to establish targets and benchmarks for the delivery of high-quality care to children and adolescents mainly in North America. The time has come to move beyond mortality and establish universally accepted minimum outcome standards in pediatric anesthesia. We believe this will ultimately improve confidence in the quality of pediatric anesthesia care offered to children, no matter where they are receiving that care.

Published
2022

33. Perioperative critical events and morbidity associated with anesthesia in early life: Subgroup analysis of United Kingdom participation in the NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe (NECTARINE) prospective multicenter observational study

Author

Suellen M, Walker, Thomas, Engelhardt, Nargis, Ahmad, Nadine, Dobby, and Walid, Habre

Subjects
Europe, Male, Incidence, Infant, Newborn, Humans, Infant, Anesthesia, Female, Prospective Studies, Morbidity, Child, United Kingdom
Abstract

The NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe (NECTARINE) prospective observational study reported critical events requiring intervention during 35.2% of 6542 anesthetic episodes in 5609 infants up to 60 weeks postmenstrual age. The United Kingdom (UK) was one of 31 participating countries.Subgroup analysis of UK NECTARINE cases (12.8% of cohort) to identify perioperative critical events that triggered medical interventions. Secondary aims were to describe UK practice, identify factors more commonly associated with critical events, and compare 30-day morbidity and mortality between participating UK and nonUK centers.Seventeen UK centers recruited 722 patients (68.7% male, 36.1% born preterm, and 48.1% congenital anomalies) undergoing anesthesia for 876 surgical or diagnostic procedures at 25-60 weeks postmenstrual age. Repeat anesthesia/surgery was common: 17.6% patients prior to and 14.4% during the recruitment period. Perioperative critical events triggered interventions in 300/876 (34.3%) cases. Cardiovascular instability (16.9% of cases) and/or reduced oxygenation (11.4%) were more common in younger patients and those with co-morbidities or requiring preoperative intensive support. A higher proportion of UK than nonUK cases were graded as ASA-Physical Status scores2 or requiring urgent or emergency procedures, and 39% required postoperative intensive care. Thirty-day morbidity (complications in 17.2%) and mortality (8/715, 1.1%) did not differ from nonUK participants.Perioperative critical events and co-morbidities are common in neonates and young infants. Thirty-day morbidity and mortality data did not demonstrate national differences in outcome. Identifying factors associated with increased risk informs preoperative assessment, resource allocation, and discussions between clinicians and families.

Published
2022

34. Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 Patients: Consensus Guidelines From the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society

Author

Jennifer Lau, Luv Javia, David Polaner, Annery G. Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, Stefano Sabato, Maria Matuszczak, Ignacio Galvez, Ihab Ayad, James Peyton, Jonathan M. Tan, Mary C. Theroux, Chris D. Glover, Cheryl Gooden, John J. McCloskey, Julie Yu, Mohamed A. Rehman, Franklin Chiao, Nicholas M. Dalesio, Bishr Haydar, Mónica Herviás, David R. Lardner, Pilar Castro, Narasimhan Jagannathan, Raymond Park, Thomas Wesley Templeton, Brad M. Taicher, Eric D. Greenwood, Nicola Disma, Nicole Thompson, Sam Mireles, Mary Lyn Stein, Robert S. Greenberg, John E. Fiadjoe, Peter Szmuk, Christy Crockett, Faye M. Evans, Tarun Bhalla, Myron Yaster, Caroline Pérez-Pradilla, Simon D. Whyte, Jennifer K. Lee, Agnes Hunyady, Grace Hsu, Clyde Matava, Saeedah Asaf, Simon Denning, Pete G. Kovatsis, Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg, Patrick Olomu, Jorge A. Gálvez, Thomas Engelhardt, Judit Szolnoki, Vidya T. Raman, Justin L. Lockman, Paul I. Reynolds, Harshad Gumaney, Pablo Ingelmo, Lisa K. Lee, and Edgar Kiss

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Tracheal intubation, Guideline, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 030202 anesthesiology, Health care, medicine, Intubation, Infection control, Airway management, Intensive care medicine, business, Airway, Pediatric anesthesia, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) pandemic has challenged medical systems and clinicians globally to unforeseen levels. Rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced clinicians to care for patients with a highly contagious disease without evidence-based guidelines. Using a virtual modified nominal group technique, the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative (PeDI-C), which currently includes 35 hospitals from 6 countries, generated consensus guidelines on airway management in pediatric anesthesia based on expert opinion and early data about the disease. PeDI-C identified overarching goals during care, including minimizing aerosolized respiratory secretions, minimizing the number of clinicians in contact with a patient, and recognizing that undiagnosed asymptomatic patients may shed the virus and infect health care workers. Recommendations include administering anxiolytic medications, intravenous anesthetic inductions, tracheal intubation using video laryngoscopes and cuffed tracheal tubes, use of in-line suction catheters, and modifying workflow to recover patients from anesthesia in the operating room. Importantly, PeDI-C recommends that anesthesiologists consider using appropriate personal protective equipment when performing aerosol-generating medical procedures in asymptomatic children, in addition to known or suspected children with COVID-19. Airway procedures should be done in negative pressure rooms when available. Adequate time should be allowed for operating room cleaning and air filtration between surgical cases. Research using rigorous study designs is urgently needed to inform safe practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until further information is available, PeDI-C advises that clinicians consider these guidelines to enhance the safety of health care workers during airway management when performing aerosol-generating medical procedures. These guidelines have been endorsed by the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society.

Published
2020

36. Emergence from General Anaesthesia: Can We Discriminate between Emergence Delirium and Postoperative Pain?

Author

Marta Somaini, Thomas Engelhardt, and Pablo Ingelmo

Subjects
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Abstract

Unsettled behaviors characterize the early phase after general anaesthesia in the pediatric population in up to 80% of cases. Emergence delirium (ED) and acute pain are the two most relevant sources of this phenomenon. Research and clinical guidelines are difficult to implement due to the variability of the definition of unsettled behavior and measurement of the different components. The most probable incidence of ED is between 10% and 20%, and the potential risk factors could be summarized as young age, male gender, preoperative anxiety, baseline sleep-disordered breathing, volatile anaesthesia and ENT or ophthalmologic surgery. Self-reporting behavioral and observational scales are unable to reliably differentiate between ED and pain in a child who is not fully awake, making correct treatment choices difficult. This may lead to an undertreatment of pain in agitated children or to the overuse of opioids for self-limiting ED. This paper considers the current knowledge on the identification and treatment of ED and pain and provides a pragmatic approach for daily practice.

Published
2023

37. The secret to longevity is to keep breathing (Sophie Tucker)

Author

Britta S. von Ungern‐Sternberg, Thomas Engelhardt, and Clyde Matava

Subjects
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Respiration, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Longevity, Humans, Respiration, Artificial
Published
2021

38. Congenital anomalies of the large intrathoracic airways

Author

Mathias Johansen, Thomas Engelhardt, and Francis Veyckemans

Subjects
Lung Diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, Tracheal agenesis, Bridging bronchus, Surgical approach, Lung, Congenital tracheal stenosis, business.industry, Bronchi, Pleuropulmonary blastoma, respiratory system, medicine.disease, respiratory tract diseases, Trachea, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, Scimitar syndrome, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Airway, business, Pulmonary Blastoma
Abstract

Congenital lung lesions are numerous but rare in individual clinical practice. They do require close multidisciplinary collaboration between health care professionals. This educational review will focus on the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, surgical approaches, and anesthetic management of congenital anomalies of the large intrathoracic airways: congenital tracheal stenosis, tracheal agenesis, tracheal diverticulum, bronchial anomalies (tracheal, esophageal, or bridging bronchus), congenital lung malformations, lung sequestrations and Scimitar syndrome, lobar emphysema, Williams-Campbell syndrome, and pleuropulmonary blastoma. In addition, this review will illustrate common pitfalls and challenges related to the anesthesia management with emphasis on ventilation and correct endotracheal tube positioning.

Published
2021

39. Neonatal tracheal intubation: From art to evidence

Author

Thomas Engelhardt, Tom Hansen, and Nicola Disma

Subjects
medicine.diagnostic_test, Laryngoscopy, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Tracheal intubation, MEDLINE, Infant, Newborn, Trachea, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia, medicine, Intubation, Intratracheal, Intubation, Humans, business
Published
2021

40. Cover Image

Author

Pablo M. Ingelmo, Marta Somaini, and Thomas Engelhardt

Subjects
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Published
2021

41. Use of nasal high flow in upper airway surgery with laser

Author

Mathias Johansen, Sam J. Daniel, and Thomas Engelhardt

Subjects
Spontaneous ventilation, business.industry, Lasers, Nose, Laser, law.invention, Trachea, Upper airway surgery, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, law, Anesthesia, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Anesthesia, Intravenous, Medicine, Humans, Larynx, Pediatric anesthesia, High flow, business
Published
2021

42. Corrigendum to ‘Difficult tracheal intubation in neonates and infants. NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe (NECTARINE):a prospective European multicentre observational study’ (Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 1173–81) (British Journal of Anaesthesia (2021) 126(6) (1173–1181), (S0007091221001161), (10.1016/j.bja.2021.02.021))

Author

Nicola Disma, Katalin Virag, Thomas Riva, Jost Kaufmann, Thomas Engelhardt, Walid Habre, Christian Breschan, Rudolf Likar, Manuela Platzer, Isole Edelman, Johanes Eger, Stefan Heschl, Brigitte Messerer, Maria Vittinghof, Ruth Kroess, Martina Stichlberger, David Kahn, Thierry Pirotte, Caroline Pregardien, Francis Veyckemans, France Stevens, Johan Berghmans, Annemie Bauters, Luc De Baerdemaeker, Stefan De Hert, Koen Lapage, Aliaksandra Parashchanka, Jurgen Van Limmen, Piet Wyffels, Julie Lauweryns, Nadia Najafi, Joris Vundelinckx, Diana Butković, Ivana Kerovec Sorić, Sandra Kralik, Ana Markić, Josip Azman, Josko Markic, Daniela Pupacic, Michal Frelich, Petr Reimer, René Urbanec, Petra Cajková, Vladimír Mixa, Yvona Sedláčková, Lenka Knoppová, Alena Zlámalová (neé Květoňová), Martin Vavřina, Jiří Žurek, Tom Hansen, Arash Afshari, Anders Bastholm Bille, Marguerite Ellekvist, Mari-Liis Ilmoja, Reet Moor, Reet Kikas, Merle Väli, Kariantti Kallio, Elisa Reponen, Pertti Suominen, Sami Suvanto, Raisa Vähätalo, Hannu Kokki, Merja Kokki, Jarkko Harju, Miia Kokkonen, Jenni Vieri, Tuula Manner, Catherine Amory, Hugues Ludot, Dina Bert, Juliette Godart, Anne Laffargue, Hervé Dupont, Benjamin Urbina, Catherine Baujard, Philippe Roulleau, Giuseppe Staiti, Maryline Bordes, Karine Nouette Gaulain, Yann Hamonic, François Semjen, Olivier Jacqmarcq, Caroline Lejus-Bourdeau, Cécile Magne, Léa Petry, Lilica Ros, Aurélien Zang, Mehdi Bennis, Bernard Coustets, Rose Fesseau, Isabelle Constant, Eliane Khalil, Nada Sabourdin, Noemie Audren, Thomas Descarpentries, Fanny Fabre, Aurélien Legrand, Emilie Druot, Gilles Orliaguet, Lucie Sabau, Lynn Uhrig, François de la Brière, Karin Jonckheer, Jean-Paul Mission, Lucia Scordo, Caroline Couchepin, Christophe Dadure, Pablo De la Arena, Laurent Hertz, Philippe Pirat, Chrystelle Sola, Myriam Bellon, Souhayl Dahmani, Florence Julien-Marsollier, Daphne Michelet, Veronique Depret-Donatien, Anne Lesage, Michael Laschat, Frank Wappler, Karin Becke, Lena Brunner, Karin Oppenrieder, Gregor Badelt, Karin Hochmuth, Bernhard Koller, Anita Reil, Sebastian Richter, Thomas Fischer, Anja Diers, Clemens Schorer, Andreas Weyland, Ruth Cohausz, Franz-Josef Kretz, Michaela Löffler, Markus Wilbs, Claudia Hoehne, Johanna Ulrici, Christiane Goeters, Armin Flinspach, Matthias Klages, Simone Lindau, Leila Messroghli, Kai Zacharowski, Christoph Eisner, Thomas Mueller, Daniel Richter, Melanie Schäfer, Markus Weigand, Sebastian Weiterer, Miriam Ochsenreiter, Michael Schöler, Tom Terboven, Isabel Eggemann, Sascha Haussmann, Nicolas Leister, Christoph Menzel, Uwe Trieschmann, Sirin Yücetepe, Susanna Keilig, Peter Kranke, Yvonne Jelting, Torsten Baehner, Richard Ellerkmann, Shahab Ghamari, Claudia Neumann, Martin Söhle, Pelagia Chloropoulou, Vagia Ntritsou, Pinelopi Papagiannopoulou, Eleana Garini, Afroditi Karafotia, Panagoula Mammi, Evangelia Bali, Despoina Iordanidou, Anna Malisiova, Artemis Polyzoi, Adelais Tsiotou, Erzsebet Sapi, Edgar Székely, Nandor Kosik, Veronika Maráczi, Janos Schnur, Judit Csillag, János Gál, Gergely Göbl, Balázs Hauser, András Petróczy, Gyula Tövisházi, Stuart Blain, Sarah Gallagher, Sinead Harte, Mandy Jackson, Emma Meehan, Zeenat Nawoor, Brendan O’Hare, Mark Ross, Daniela Lerro, Marinella Astuto, Chiara Grasso, Rita Scalisi, Giulia Frasacco, Elena Lenares, Roberto Leone, Maurizia Grazzini, Carmelo Minardi, Nicola Zadra, Gilda Cinnella, Antonella Cotoia, Dario Galante, Brita De Lorenzo, Beate Kuppers, Giulia Bottazzi, Fabio Caramelli, Maria Cristina Mondardini, Emanuele Rossetti, Sergio Picardo, Alessandro Vittori, Anna Camporesi, Andrea Wolfler, Edoardo Calderini, Laura Brigitta Colantonio, Simona Anna Finamore, Giuliana Anna Porro, Rachele Bonfiglio, Svetlana Kotzeva, Leila Mameli, Girolamo Mattioli, Camilla Micalizzi, Alessia Montaguti, Angela Pistorio, Clelia Zanaboni, Anna Guddo, Gerald Rogan Neba, Moreno Favarato, Bruno Guido Locatelli, Micol Maffioletti, Valter Sonzogni, Rossella Garra, Maria Sammartino, Fabio Sbaraglia, Andrea Cortegiani, Alessandra Moscarelli, Elena Attanasi, Simonetta Tesoro, Cristina Agapiti, Francesca Pinzoni, Cesare Vezzoli, Federico Bilotta, Arta Barzdina, Zane Straume, Anda Zundane, Laura Lukosiene, Irena Maraulaite, Ilona Razlevice, Bernd Schmitz, Stephanie Mifsud, Carolin Aehling, Celia Allison, Rients De Boer, Dina Emal, Markus Stevens, Marielle Buitenhuis, Jurgen de Graaff, Inge De Liefde, Andreas Machotta, Gail Scoones, Lonneke Staals, Jeremy Tomas, Anouk Van der Knijff-van Dortmont, Marianne Veldhuizen, David Alders, Wolfgang Buhre, Eva Schafrat, Jan Schreiber, Petronella Mari Vermeulen, Mark Hendriks, Sandra Lako, Marieke Voet-Lindner, Barbe Pieters, Gert-Jan Scheffer, Luc Tielens, Anthony R. Absalom, Margot Bergsma, Joke De Ruiter, Sascha Meier, Martin Volkers, Tjerk Zweers, Anne M. Beukers, Christa Boer, Jurgen Dertinger, Sandra Numan, Bas Van Zaane, Wenche B. Boerke, Nil Ekiz, Kristoffer Stensrud, Inger Marie Drage, Erik Ramon Isern, Alicja Bartkowska-Sniatkowska, Malgorzata Grzeskowiak, Magdalena Juzwa-Sobieraj, Jowita Rosada-Kurasińska, Artur Baranowski, Karina Jakubowska, Dorota Lewandowska, Magdalena Mierzewska-Schmidt, Piotr Sawicki, Magdalena Urban-Lechowicz, Pomianek Przemyslaw, Marzena Zielinska, Teresa Leal, Maria Soares, Pedro Pina, Sílvia Pinho, Maria Domingas Patuleia, Catarina Cruz Esteves, Helena Salgado, Maria João Santos, Rodica Badeti, Iulia Cindea, Loredana Oana, Adriana Gurita, Luminita Ilie, Gabriel Mocioiu, Radu Tabacaru, Irina Trante, Valentin Munteanu, Mihai Morariu, Emese Nyíri, Ivana Budic, Vesna Marjanovic, Biljana Drašković, Marina Pandurov, Jordanka Ilic, Ana Mandras, Zdenka Rados, Nikola Stankovic, Maja Suica, Sladjana Vasiljevic, Mirjana Knezevic, Irina Milojevic, Ivana Petrov, Selena Puric Racic, Dusica Simic, Irena Simic, Marija Stevic, Irena Vulicevic, Barbora Cabanová, Miloslav Hanula, Jelena Berger, Darja Janjatovic, Špela Pirtovšek Štupnik, Dolores Méndez, Gema Pino, Paloma Rubio, Alberto Izquierdo, Silvia López, Cristina González Serrano, Jesús Cebrián, Ana Peleteiro, Pilar Del Rey de Diego, Ernesto Martínez García, Carolina Tormo de las Heras, Pablo Troncoso Montero, Celia Arbona, David Artés, Alicia Chamizo, Silvia Serrano, Montserrat Suarez Comas, Francisco Escribá, Cristina Auli, Osvaldo Pérez Pardo, Natalia Sierra Biddle, Ceferina Suárez Castaño, María Isabel Villalobos Rico, Susana Manrique Muñoz, Irene García Martínez, Nuria Montferrer Estruch, Elena Vilardell Ortíz, Rodrigo Poves-Álvarez, Ivan Kohn, Ulf Lindestam, Jarl Reinhard, Albert Castellheim, Kerstin Sandström, Sporre Bengt, Rainer Dörenberg, Peter Frykholm, Maria Garcia, Ann Kvarnström, Emma Pontén, Thomas Bruelisauer, Gabor Erdoes, Heiko Kaiser, Mathias Marchon, Stefan Seiler, Yann Bögli, Mirko Dolci, Carine Marcucci, Isabelle Pichon, Laszlo Vutskits, Mattias Casutt, Martin Hölzle, Thomas Hurni, Martin Jöhr, Anna-Ursina Malär, Jacqueline Mauch, Thomas Erb, Karin Oeinck, Mine Akin, Gulsen Keskin, Yesim Senayli, Guner Kaya, Pinar Kendigelen, Ayse Çiğdem Tutuncu, Zehra Hatipoğlu, Dilek Özcengiz, Hale Aksu Erdost, Elvan Öçmen, Çimen Olguner, Hilmi Ayanoglu, Pelin Corman Dincer, Tumay Umuroglu, Mustafa Azizoglu, Handan Birbiçer, Nurcan Doruk, Aslı Sagun, Sibel Baris, Dmytro Dmytriiev, Sridevi Kuchi, Nuria Masip, Peter Brooks, Alison Hare, Nargis Ahmad, Michelle Casey, Sam De Silva, Nadine Dobby, Prakash Krishnan, L. Amaki Sogbodjor, Ellie Walker, Suellen Walker, Stephanie King, Katy Nicholson, Michelle Quinney, Paul Stevens, Andrew Blevin, Mariangela Giombini, Chulananda Goonasekera, Sadia Adil, Stephanie Bew, Carol Bodlani, Dan Gilpin, Stephanie Jinks, Nalini Malarkkan, Alice Miskovic, Rebecca Pad, Juliet Wolfe Barry, Joy Abbott, James Armstrong, Natalie Cooper, Lindsay Crate, John Emery, Kathryn James, Hannah King, Paul Martin, Stefano Scalia Catenacci, Rob Bomont, Paul Smith, Sara Mele, Alessandra Verzelloni, Philippa Dix, Graham Bell, Elena Gordeva, Lesley McKee, Esther Ngan, Jutta Scheffczik, Li-En Tan, Mark Worrall, Carmel Cassar, Kevin Goddard, Victoria Barlow, Vimmi Oshan, Khairi Shah, Sarah Bell, Lisa Daniels, Monica Gandhi, David Pachter, Chris Perry, Andrew Robertson, Carmen Scott, Lynne Waring, David Barnes, Sophie Childs, Joanne Norman, Robin Sunderland, Dowell Julia, Feijten Prisca, Harlet Pierre, Herbineaux Sarah, Leva Brigitte, Plichon Benoît, Virág Katalin, Disma N., Virag K., Riva T., Kaufmann J., Engelhardt T., Habre W., Breschan C., Likar R., Platzer M., Edelman I., Eger J., Heschl S., Messerer B., Vittinghof M., Kroess R., Stichlberger M., Kahn D., Pirotte T., Pregardien C., Veyckemans F., Stevens F., Berghmans J., Bauters A., De Baerdemaeker L., De Hert S., Lapage K., Parashchanka A., Van Limmen J., Wyffels P., Lauweryns J., Najafi N., Vundelinckx J., Butkovic D., Kerovec Soric I., Kralik S., Markic A., Azman J., Markic J., Pupacic D., Frelich M., Reimer P., Urbanec R., Cajkova P., Mixa V., Sedlackova Y., Knoppova L., Zlamalova (nee Kvetonova) A., Vavrina M., Zurek J., Hansen T., Afshari A., Bille A.B., Ellekvist M., Ilmoja M.-L., Moor R., Kikas R., Vali M., Kallio K., Reponen E., Suominen P., Suvanto S., Vahatalo R., Kokki H., Kokki M., Harju J., Kokkonen M., Vieri J., Manner T., Amory C., Ludot H., Bert D., Godart J., Laffargue A., Dupont H., Urbina B., Baujard C., Roulleau P., Staiti G., Bordes M., Nouette Gaulain K., Hamonic Y., Semjen F., Jacqmarcq O., Lejus-Bourdeau C., Magne C., Petry L., Ros L., Zang A., Bennis M., Coustets B., Fesseau R., Constant I., Khalil E., Sabourdin N., Audren N., Descarpentries T., Fabre F., Legrand A., Druot E., Orliaguet G., Sabau L., Uhrig L., de la Briere F., Jonckheer K., Mission J.-P., Scordo L., Couchepin C., Dadure C., De la Arena P., Hertz L., Pirat P., Sola C., Bellon M., Dahmani S., Julien-Marsollier F., Michelet D., Depret-Donatien V., Lesage A., Laschat M., Wappler F., Becke K., Brunner L., Oppenrieder K., Badelt G., Hochmuth K., Koller B., Reil A., Richter S., Fischer T., Diers A., Schorer C., Weyland A., Cohausz R., Kretz F.-J., Loffler M., Wilbs M., Hoehne C., Ulrici J., Goeters C., Flinspach A., Klages M., Lindau S., Messroghli L., Zacharowski K., Eisner C., Mueller T., Richter D., Schafer M., Weigand M., Weiterer S., Ochsenreiter M., Scholer M., Terboven T., Eggemann I., Haussmann S., Leister N., Menzel C., Trieschmann U., Yucetepe S., Keilig S., Kranke P., Jelting Y., Baehner T., Ellerkmann R., Ghamari S., Neumann C., Sohle M., Chloropoulou P., Ntritsou V., Papagiannopoulou P., Garini E., Karafotia A., Mammi P., Bali E., Iordanidou D., Malisiova A., Polyzoi A., Tsiotou A., Sapi E., Szekely E., Kosik N., Maraczi V., Schnur J., Csillag J., Gal J., Gobl G., Hauser B., Petroczy A., Tovishazi G., Blain S., Gallagher S., Harte S., Jackson M., Meehan E., Nawoor Z., O'Hare B., Ross M., Lerro D., Astuto M., Grasso C., Scalisi R., Frasacco G., Lenares E., Leone R., Grazzini M., Minardi C., Zadra N., Cinnella G., Cotoia A., Galante D., De Lorenzo B., Kuppers B., Bottazzi G., Caramelli F., Mondardini M.C., Rossetti E., Picardo S., Vittori A., Camporesi A., Wolfler A., Calderini E., Colantonio L.B., Finamore S.A., Porro G.A., Bonfiglio R., Kotzeva S., Mameli L., Mattioli G., Micalizzi C., Montaguti A., Pistorio A., Zanaboni C., Guddo A., Neba G.R., Favarato M., Locatelli B.G., Maffioletti M., Sonzogni V., Garra R., Sammartino M., Sbaraglia F., Cortegiani A., Moscarelli A., 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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Anesthesia, Tracheal intubation, Neonates, anaesthesia, medicine, MEDLINE, Observational study, Audit, business
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The authors regret that errors were present in the above article. On page 1174, in the second paragraph of the Statistical methods section, the second sentence should read as follows: The incidence of difficult intubation was determined including those whose tracheas were already intubated and is reported as a percentage with a 95% exact binomial CI. On page 1175, in the third paragraph of the Statistical methods section ‘mean standardised difference (MSD)’ should read ‘standardised mean difference (SMD)’ The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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43. Emergence delirium may not just be a recovery room problem

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Pablo Ingelmo, Thomas Engelhardt, and Marta Somaini

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medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, MEDLINE, Delirium, Anesthesia, General, medicine.disease, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Emergence Delirium, Emergence delirium, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Medicine, Humans, business, Intensive care medicine, Recovery Room
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2021

44. Morbidity and mortality after anaesthesia in early life:results of the European prospective multicentre observational study, neonate and children audit of anaesthesia practice in Europe (NECTARINE)

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Nicola Disma, Francis Veyckemans, Katalin Virag, Tom G. Hansen, Karin Becke, Pierre Harlet, Laszlo Vutskits, Suellen M. Walker, Jurgen C. de Graaff, Marzena Zielinska, Dusica Simic, Thomas Engelhardt, Walid Habre, Christian Breschan, Rudolf Likar, Manuela Platzer, Isole Edelman, Johanes Eger, Stefan Heschl, Brigitte Messerer, Maria Vittinghof, Ruth Kroess, Martina Stichlberger, David Kahn, Thierry Pirotte, Caroline Pregardien, France Stevens, Johan Berghmans, Annemie Bauters, Luc De Baerdemaeker, Stefan De Hert, Koen Lapage, Aliaksandra Parashchanka, Jurgen Van Limmen, Piet Wyffels, Julie Lauweryns, Nadia Najafi, Joris Vundelinckx, Diana Butković, Ivana Kerovec Sorić, Sandra Kralik, Ana Markić, Josip Azman, Josko Markic, Daniela Pupacic, Michal Frelich, Petr Reimer, Rene Urbanec, Petra Cajkova, Vladimir Mixa, Yvona Sedlačkova, Lenka Knoppova, Alena Zlamalova (nee Květoňova), Martin Vavřina, Jiři Žurek, Tom Hansen, Arash Afshari, Anders B. 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Subjects
Male, Time Factors, Health Status, Comorbidity, Intraoperative Complications/diagnosis/epidemiology/mortality/therapy, 0302 clinical medicine, Postoperative Complications, 030202 anesthesiology, Risk Factors, patient safety, Medicine, Anesthesia, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, Intraoperative Complications, Medical Audit, ddc:617, Incidence (epidemiology), Incidence, Age Factors, Gestational age, critical events, Europe, Anesthetics/adverse effects, quality, Surgical Procedures, Operative, outcome, Female, Infant, Premature, Gestational Age, Anesthesia/adverse effects/mortality, Risk Assessment, Europe/epidemiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Humans, Anesthetics, business.industry, Postoperative Complications/diagnosis/epidemiology/mortality/therapy, Postmenstrual Age, Infant, Newborn, Infant, medicine.disease, 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology, neonates, Clinical trial, Surgical Procedures, Operative/adverse effects/mortality, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Blood pressure, Observational study, critical event, neonate, business
Abstract

Background: Neonates and infants requiring anaesthesia are at risk of physiological instability and complications, but triggers for peri-anaesthetic interventions and associations with subsequent outcome are unknown. Methods: This prospective, observational study recruited patients up to 60 weeks' postmenstrual age undergoing anaesthesia for surgical or diagnostic procedures from 165 centres in 31 European countries between March 2016 and January 2017. The primary aim was to identify thresholds of pre-determined physiological variables that triggered a medical intervention. The secondary aims were to evaluate morbidities, mortality at 30 and 90 days, or both, and associations with critical events. Results: Infants (n=5609) born at mean (standard deviation [SD]) 36.2 (4.4) weeks postmenstrual age (35.7% preterm) underwent 6542 procedures within 63 (48) days of birth. Critical event(s) requiring intervention occurred in 35.2% of cases, mainly hypotension (>30% decrease in blood pressure) or reduced oxygenation (SpO2

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2021

45. Is low-dose propofol sedation safe in unfasted patients?

Author

Mark G. Thomas and Thomas Engelhardt

Subjects
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, business.industry, Sedation, Anesthesia, Low dose, medicine, medicine.symptom, Complication, business, Propofol, Propofol sedation, medicine.drug
Published
2020

46. Journal of pediatric surgery letter to the editor: Operating room limited resources utilization stratification system

Author

Thomas Engelhardt, Mathias Johansen, and Sherif Emil

Subjects
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, medicine.medical_specialty, Operating Rooms, Letter to the editor, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), General Medicine, Stratification (mathematics), Specialties, Surgical, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pediatric surgery, medicine, Humans, Surgery, Intensive care medicine, business, Child, Limited resources
Published
2021

47. Prevalence of PErioperAtive CHildhood obesitY in children undergoing general anaesthesia in the UK: a prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study

Author

Tom Bennett, Peter Brooks, Zoë A Burton, Thomas Engelhardt, Mark R Edwards, David J. McLernon, and Rosie Lewis

Subjects
Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatric Obesity, Population, Overweight, Anesthesia, General, Childhood obesity, Cohort Studies, medicine, Prevalence, Humans, General anaesthesia, Prospective Studies, education, Child, Perioperative Period, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Perioperative, medicine.disease, United Kingdom, Clinical trial, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Child, Preschool, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Cohort study
Abstract

Childhood obesity has become a serious global healthcare challenge. No UK data currently define its anaesthetic and perioperative implications. We aimed to determine obesity prevalence amongst UK children undergoing general anaesthesia and the incidence of predefined adverse perioperative events, and to compare perioperative obesity rates with National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) data.During a site-selected consecutive 7-day study period, all children (2-16 yr) undergoing general anaesthesia were included. Anonymised hospital, surgical, and procedural details; demographic data; and adverse perioperative events were collected prospectively by Paediatric Anaesthesia Trainee Research Network (PATRN) collaborators.For this study, 102 UK hospitals participated and 4232 cases were included in the final analysis; 76% of hospitals did not routinely calculate BMI. In addition, 3030 (71.6%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 70.2-73.0%) children of healthy weight were compared with 537 (12.7%; 11.7-13.7%) children who were overweight and 478 (11.3%; 10.3-12.2%) children with obesity. Children with obesity (n=71; 14.9%) more commonly underwent (adeno)tonsillectomy than children of healthy weight (n=282; 9.3%; P0.001; odds ratio [OR] 2.15; 95% CI: 1.58-2.92). Fewer children with obesity (n=365; 77% vs n=2552; 85%) were anaesthetised by consultant anaesthetists (OR 0.62; 95% CI: 0.48-0.79). Mask ventilation was difficult for 3.7% of children with obesity vs 0.6% of children of healthy weight (difference 3.0%; 95% CI: 1.3-4.7%; P0.001). Comparison with NCMP data demonstrated an over-representation of obesity amongst the paediatric surgical population.This large multicentre cohort study suggests a concerning prevalence of children with obesity presenting for anaesthesia. These results should be used to inform optimal provision of care for this population and support perioperative healthcare initiatives to address the burden of childhood obesity.ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03994419.

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2021

48. Pre-operative fasting for clear fluids in children: Is 1 hour the answer?

Author

Thomas Engelhardt and Tom Hansen

Subjects
pre-operative fasting, Clear fluids, business.industry, General Medicine, Fasting, Anesthesia, General, Pre operative, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, children, Anesthesia, Preoperative Care, outcome, Medicine, Humans, General anaesthesia, general anaesthesia, Preoperative fasting, business, fluids, Child
Published
2021

49. Universal Algorithms and Approaches to Airway Management

Author

Thomas Engelhardt and Andreas Machotta

Subjects
business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, medicine, Airway management, Artificial intelligence, business, Machine learning, computer.software_genre, computer
Published
2021

50. Sedation of the Obese Child: Essential Considerations

Author

Tom Hansen, Thomas Engelhardt, and Mason, Keira P.

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine.drug_class, Sedation, Perioperative, medicine.disease, Obesity, Childhood obesity, Obstructive sleep apnea, Sedative, Medicine, Dosing, medicine.symptom, business, Intensive care medicine, Adverse effect
Abstract

Childhood obesity is an increasing global public health problem and presents a significant challenge for pediatric anesthesiologists. This chapter focuses on special considerations regarding the management of obese children undergoing procedural sedation. Obesity increases the risk of comorbidities such as asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and diabetes which lead to a higher incidence of perioperative adverse events. In addition, obesity impacts on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of most sedative drugs and affects optimal drug dosing. This chapter, therefore, reviews definitions, prevalence, and the pathophysiology of childhood obesity and provides clinical guidance for procedural sedation, airway management, and dosing of sedative drugs in these patients. Sedation regimes based on total body weight alone may over-sedate obese patients, whereas dosing according to lean body mass may under-sedate patients resulting in inadequate sedation.Special precautions for drug selection (such as avoiding opioids) and meticulous patient positioning can help minimize the incidence of perioperative adverse events. Theoretical knowledge, practical skills, risk stratification, and optimal drug regimens are crucial to ensure the safe conduct of anesthesia for obese children. The need for supplemental studies on various areas of the subject cannot be underestimated.

Published
2021

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