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Guidelines for Elective Pediatric Fiberoptic Intubation
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2011
We describe guidelines to perform a safe and efficient elective fiberoptic intubation in pediatric patients while maintaining spontaneous ventilation.
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Anesthesia Induction and Maintenance
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2016
Source: Kay Stewart, RVT, RLATG, CMAR; Valerie A. Schroeder, RVT, RLATG. University of Notre Dame, IN The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals ("The Guide") states that pain assessment and alleviation are integral components of the veterinary care of laboratory animals. The definition of anesthesia is the loss of feeling or sensation. It is a dynamic event involving changes in anesthetic depth with respect to an animal's metabolism, surgical stimulation, or variations in the...
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Making MR Imaging Child's Play - Pediatric Neuroimaging Protocol, Guidelines and Procedure
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2009
Despite an increase in the use of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in humans, the study of young pediatric populations remains a challenge. We present a hands-on, step-by-step video protocol including guidelines for clinicians and researchers intending to perform (f)MRI in young children.
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Evaluating the Effects of Different Polishing Methods on Color Stability of Dental Restorations in Pediatric Dentistry
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2025
Here, we evaluated the impact of various polishing methods on the color stability of compomer and composite resin restorations used in anterior restorations within pediatric dentistry. This study highlights the significance of selecting appropriate polishing methods to enhance the color stability of compomer and composite resin restorations in pediatric dentistry.
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Anesthesia and Monitoring in a Rabbit Model
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2026
All animal procedures described here must be conducted in accordance with institutional animal ethics guidelines and approved by IACUC. All procedures must follow the principles of the 3Rs—Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement—and must be performed by trained personnel. Anesthesia is an essential component of rabbit surgical and experimental procedures because it prevents pain, reduces stress responses, and helps immobilize the animal during handling and manipulation when general anesthesia is...
FAQs
Age-specific adjustment is necessary because infants, children, and adolescents differ in size, developmental stage, and medical condition. These variables influence how clinicians select anesthetic agents and determine dosing, while also shaping airway management, ventilation, and fluid therapy. Tailoring each element helps maintain physiologic stability rather than applying a uniform approach across all pediatric patients.
Anesthetic agents temporarily alter central nervous system activity, but their intended effects are not identical. Depending on the clinical need, care may aim to produce unconsciousness, analgesia, immobility, or a combination of these outcomes. Recognizing those separate goals helps clinicians align drug selection and perioperative management with the intervention being performed.
Continuous monitoring and planned recovery are important because successful anesthesia extends beyond the period of drug administration. Monitoring helps clinicians assess the child’s physiologic stability during care, while recovery planning addresses the transition after the intervention. Together, these practices are intended to reduce complications and support better outcomes in routine and complex procedures.
A child’s medical condition is a central planning variable because pediatric anesthesia cannot be separated from the patient’s overall physiologic needs. Clinicians use that condition, together with age and size, to guide drug selection, dosing, airway management, ventilation, and fluid therapy. This individualized approach is relevant when routine and complex procedures require different levels of support.
For diagnostic imaging, the main practical challenge is often maintaining stillness while preserving comfort and physiologic stability. Pediatric anesthesia provides a way to support that requirement when a child cannot remain still for the intervention. The same age- and condition-based adjustments used around surgery remain important, even though imaging is not a surgical procedure.
Perioperative care spans more than the moment an anesthetic agent is given. It includes selecting and dosing agents, managing the airway, supporting ventilation and fluids, monitoring the child, and planning recovery. Considering these elements as a connected process helps clinicians maintain stability throughout interventions, rather than focusing only on temporary unconsciousness or immobility.
Recovery planning is distinct because the child’s care does not end when the intervention is complete. Clinicians must consider how monitoring and recovery support the transition after anesthesia, with the aim of reducing complications and improving outcomes. This planning is relevant for both routine and complex procedures, where the child’s age, size, and condition continue to inform care.