The effect of ultrasound-guided bilateral thoracic retrolaminar block on analgesia after pediatric open cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled double-blind study.

Background: The thoracic retrolaminar block (TRLB) is a relatively new regional analgesia technique that can be used as an alternative to the thoracic paravertebral block. This study aimed to evaluate the postoperative analgesia effects of ultrasound-guided TRLB in children undergoing open cardiac surgery via median sternotomy incision.

Methods: Sixty-six patients aged 2-8 years were recruited.

Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Thoracis Plane Block in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: Ultrasound-guided fascial plane blocks are associated with good postoperative analgesia after pediatric cardiac surgery, with improved safety profile. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study was the first with the primary aim of assessing the safety profile of transversus thoracis plane (TTP) block in pediatric patients who underwent open cardiac surgery.

Design: This was a retrospective cohort study.

Ultrasound-Guided Long-Axis Versus Short-Axis Femoral Artery Catheterization in Neonates and Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objective: The objective of the present study was to compare ultrasound-guided long-axis (LAX) and short-axis (SAX) femoral artery catheterization in neonates and infants undergoing cardiac surgery.

Design: A single-center, prospective, randomized, single-blinded, controlled study.

Setting: This study was conducted in the operating room and intensive care unit of the division of cardiac surgery, Mansoura University Children's Hospital, Egypt.

The direct comparison of inhaled versus intravenous levosimendan in children with pulmonary hypertension undergoing on-cardiopulmonary bypass cardiac surgery: A randomized, controlled, non-inferiority study.

Study Objective: Pulmonary arterial hypertension is commonly seen in children with left to right intracardiac shunts and affects the outcomes of cardiac surgery. Our study aimed to compare the efficacy of inhaled levosimendan (LS) versus intravenous LS in reducing elevated pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) in children scheduled for cardiac surgery.

Design: Non-inferiority, prospective, randomized, blinded, controlled study.

Preemptive analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversalis fascia plane block in children undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy: a randomized, double-blind, controlled study.

Background: Surgical repair of congenital inguinal hernia results in significant postoperative discomfort and pain. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the pre-emptive analgesic efficacy of a transversalis fascia plane (TFP) block after pediatric inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Methods: Forty-four patients aged 12 to 60 months who underwent unilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy were enrolled.

Analgesic efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral transversus thoracis muscle plane block in pediatric cardiac surgery: a randomized, double-blind, controlled study.

Study Objective: Adequate perioperative pain control in children undergoing cardiac surgery is mandatory. Intravenous opioids and neuraxial anesthetic techniques have been used but didn't gained any popularity. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of transversus thoracis plane (TTP) block in pediatric cardiac surgery.

Rapidly accumulating spontaneous pulmonary hematoma complicating a small parenchymal aneurysm.

A 20-year-old male is presented with hemoptysis since 3 months. Plain chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) chest at that time showed bilateral hilar shadows. Recent X-ray showed a huge right-sided well-defined opacity.

Acute effects of lobectomy on right ventricular ejection fraction and mixed venous oxygen saturation.

Background: Traditional methods of assessing the operative risk for lung resection provide only a modest ability to predict postoperative morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of lobectomy on pulmonary hemodynamic and gas exchange variables using the RV thermodilution ejection fraction/oximetric catheter.

Methods: We evaluated the acute postoperative effects of lung resection on hemodynamic and gas exchange parameters in 30 patients.