title: [Locoregional anesthesia in children: benefit/risk ratio].
abstract: Efficient and prolonged postoperative analgesia is obtained with regional anesthesia in pediatrics. Its wide use has been due to an easy performance in pediatrics with a success rate near 100% for the peripheral blocks, and to a minimal deleterious hemodynamic effect of the sympathetic block following an epidural anesthesia. Regional anesthesia in pediatrics have many indications and few contra-indications. In addition the risk of accidents is low and was observed mainly with perimedullar blocks.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation II, Hôpital de Pontchaillou, CHRU de Rennes.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ecoffey
mesh_terms: D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000009:adverse effects; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010372:Pediatrics