title: Equipment and monitoring--what is in the future to improve safety?
abstract: There have been a number of recent developments in the practice of anesthesia and intensive care aimed at improving outcome in terms of reducing both morbidity and mortality, as well as other less-defined factors, such as quality of service provision. Significant advances have been made in airway devices such as pediatric tracheal tube designs, Microcuff(®) tracheal tubes, and new laryngoscopes. Noninvasive monitoring devices, including continuous hemoglobin analysis and near infrared spectrometry, are being increasingly used in pediatric anesthesia. Other, 'scaled-down' versions from adult anesthesia care, however, have not universally been shown to result in improved safety and outcomes in pediatric anesthesia.
authors: Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Aberdeen, UK. shane.campbell@nhs.net
authors: Shane
authors: S
authors: Campbell
authors: Graham
authors: G
authors: Wilson
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Engelhardt
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D058926:Intraoperative Awareness / Q000517:prevention & control; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects; D010092:Oximetry / Q000592:standards; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical