Anesthesia for the healthy child.
This article focuses on anesthesia for the healthy older infant and child, with nearly normal anatomy, physiology, and development, who is scheduled for an elective, relatively limited surgical procedure. Topics addressed in this section include: (1) monitoring technology used to enhance and maintain the anesthesiologist's clinical assessment; (2) pharmacological preparation designed to sedate, reduce anxiety, and/or make a child cooperative during the induction of anesthesia; (3) aspects of the induction of general anesthesia; (4) drugs commonly used for anesthetic premedication, induction, and/or maintenance; (5) aspects of emergence from anesthesia; and (6) equipment.
Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, JW Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis 46202-5200.
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D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents