Early tracheal extubation after paediatric cardiac surgery: the use of propofol to supplement low-dose opioid anaesthesia

Background: After institutional approval and parental consent, 103 children, aged 6 months to 18 years, who were undergoing repair of simple and complex congenital heart lesions using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were studied and compared with a group of 135 children who had undergone similar surger...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric anesthesia 2001-07, Vol.11 (4), p.465-471
Hauptverfasser: Cray, Steven H., Holtby, Helen M., Kartha, Vyas M., Cox, Peter N., Roy, W. Lawrence
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Zusammenfassung:Background: After institutional approval and parental consent, 103 children, aged 6 months to 18 years, who were undergoing repair of simple and complex congenital heart lesions using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were studied and compared with a group of 135 children who had undergone similar surgery in our institution in the year before. Methods: Anaesthesia for study patients included fentanyl (
ISSN:1155-5645
1460-9592
DOI:10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00706.x