title: Ultrasound as guidance for a combined bilateral supraclavicular and caudal block, in order to reduce the total anaesthetic dose in a two year old child after a pneumococcal sepsis.
abstract: We present a case of the combination of a bilateral supraclavicular block and a caudal block in a two year old boy who needed amputations of four extremities after a pneumococcal sepsis. With the use of ultrasound guidance, reduction of local anaesthetic dose could be obtained in order not to reach the toxic dose of the local anaesthetic. Amputations of four extremities is not common practice. A good postoperative pain management is more than a challenge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, Paola Childrens Hospital, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp. kris.vermeylen@gmail.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vermeylen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berghmans
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van de Velde
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Leeuw
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Himpe
mesh_terms: D000763:Anesthesia, Caudal / Q000379:methods*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics