Some vagaries of neonatal lumbar epidural anaesthesia.

摘要: Summary Regional anaesthesia and analgesia offer unique advantages of reduction in general requirements the demands on NICU resources while improving outcome. We assessed feasibility continuous lumbar epidural 20 neonates for various major surgical procedures lasting from 60–260 min. The babies were aged 18 h to 34 days. They born at a gestational age 31–40 weeks. had difficulty passing catheter route two patients, so we resort caudal route. problems associated with placement are discussed. was provided up 72 h. Nineeteen could be extubated operating theatre. awake but comfortable time extubation. There no complications due technique. Subsequent this study, either by or has become routine our hospital all thoraco-abdominal neonates.