Early intravenous cannulation in children during sevoflurane induction

Summary Background : It has been shown that early placement of an intravenous line in children anesthetized with halothane is equally safe compared with later placement. Whether this is true of sevoflurane is not known. Methods : Pediatric patients, age 1–18 years, undergoing elective general anesth...

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Published in:Pediatric anesthesia 2004-10, Vol.14 (10), p.820-824
Main Authors: Schwartz, Donald, Connelly, Neil Roy, Gutta, Srinivasa, Freeman, Katharine, Gibson, Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
anesthesia: sevoflurane
Anesthetics, Inhalation
Biological and medical sciences
Catheterization
Child
Child, Preschool
Eyelids - physiology
Female
Humans
induction: sevoflurane
Infant
Intraoperative Complications - epidemiology
Laryngismus - epidemiology
laryngospasm
Male
Medical sciences
Methyl Ethers
Monitoring, Intraoperative
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Summary:Summary Background : It has been shown that early placement of an intravenous line in children anesthetized with halothane is equally safe compared with later placement. Whether this is true of sevoflurane is not known. Methods : Pediatric patients, age 1–18 years, undergoing elective general anesthesia via an inhalation induction were randomized to intravenous placement either 30 or 120 s following loss of lid reflex. Movement on intravenous placement and incidence of laryngospasm were determined. Difficulty with intravenous placement was recorded. Results : Movement on intravenous placement was more prevalent in the early group than in the late group (P 
ISSN:1155-5645
1460-9592
DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01315.x