Perioperative Temperature Management in Children: What Matters?

Unlabelled: Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is common and associated with increased risk of perioperative complications. Adult data drives most guidelines for pediatric perioperative temperature management and does not consistently demonstrate effectiveness in children. This study aims to identify risk factors for hypothermia and determine the effectiveness of current interventions in the pediatric population.

A concept mobility device with multi-positional configurations and child-kind restraint for safe perioperative transfer and induction of anaesthesia in children with autistic spectrum disorder - a cross sectional study.

Background: Transfer into the operating room, onto the operating table and mask induction of anaesthesia are major challenges faced by children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In a pilot study, parents observed that perioperative transfer becomes unsafe and difficult when children with ASD becomes uncooperative.

Method: A CHILD-KIND CONCEPT mobility system comprising of multi-positioning seat configurations and restraining module was developed with inputs from multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals and parents with children with ASD.

Audits and critical incident reporting in paediatric anaesthesia: lessons from 75,331 anaesthetics.

Introduction: This study reports our experience of audit and critical incidents observed by paediatric anaesthetics from 2000 to 2010 at a paediatric teaching hospital in Singapore.

Methods: Data pertaining to patient demographics, practices and critical incidents during anaesthesia and in the perioperative period were prospectively collected via an audit form and retrospectively analysed thereafter.

Results: A total of 2,519 incidents were noted at the 75,331 anaesthetics performed during the study period.

The use of auricular examination for screening hepatic disorders.

Researches on auricular acupuncture (AA) have examined mainly its treatment effects. This study aimed to investigate the accuracy and precision of using auricular examination (AE) as a complementary diagnostic tool for screening hepatic disorders. Twenty patients suffering from liver dysfunction and 25 controls aged 18-60 years were recruited from an acute hospital.