When to abandon single-lung anesthesia during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in infants and young children: A case-based review.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in infants and young children increasingly require one-lung anesthesia. However, the maintenance of norms of gas exchange is difficult during one-lung anesthesia in some infants. A combination of factors including added dead space of HME and the circle Y piece, intrathoracic inflation of CO and its pressure, airway resistance and bilateral lung disease contribute.

Morbidity after thoracoscopic resection of congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAM): single center experience over a decade.

Purpose: Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) resection of CPAM in children is an established, albeit controversial strategy for its management. We report a 10-year single center experience.

Methods: All children underwent VATS (2008-2017) and their current status was reviewed.

The Ayre's T-piece turns 80: A 21 century review.

Ayre's T-piece, first introduced 80 years ago, continues to be widely used in pediatric anesthesia despite colossal advances in equipment and technology. We present a review of its history, advantages, and disadvantages, and place in modern-day clinical practice.

Mortality following congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair: the role of anesthesia.

Background: Mortality following surgical repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) remains high. The volume and type of perioperative intravenous fluid administered, baro-trauma, oxygen toxicity, and the duration of anesthesia are thought to affect outcome in surgical populations.

Aims: The aim of this retrospective observational study was to determine whether the perioperative volume or type of fluids and/or the duration of anesthesia were associated with postoperative mortality and if mortality was predicted by the oxygenation index (OI) prior to or following CDH surgical repair.