Epidemiology and complications of anaesthesia in the French centres that participated to NECTARINE: A secondary analysis.

Introduction: Neonatal and infant anaesthesia are associated with a high risk of perioperative complications. The aim of the current study was to describe those risks in France using the French data from the NECTARINE study.

Material And Methods: Data from the French centres that participated to the NECTARINE study were analysed.

Frequency and risk factors for malnutrition in children undergoing general anaesthesia in a French university hospital: A cross-sectional observational study.

Background: Malnutrition is often underdiagnosed in hospitalised children, although it is associated with postoperative complications, longer hospital lengths of stay and increased healthcare-related costs.

Objective: We aimed to estimate the frequency of, and identify factors associated with, malnutrition in children undergoing anaesthesia.

Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Comparison of the McGrath MAC video laryngoscope with direct Macintosh laryngoscopy for novice laryngoscopists in children without difficult intubation: A randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Airway management and tracheal intubation are routinely performed in paediatric anaesthesia and yet are associated with preventable adverse events. The McGrath MAC is a video laryngoscope with a curved blade similar to the Macintosh blade, which has not been previously described in first intention paediatric tracheal intubation. We aimed to compare direct laryngoscopy to the McGrath MAC video laryngoscope among novice laryngoscopists.

Chronic postsurgical pain in children: prevalence and risk factors. A prospective observational study.

Background: Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is well known in adults, with prevalence rates ranging from 10 to 50%. Little is known about the epidemiology of CPSP in children. The aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the prevalence of CPSP after surgery in children.