Ultrasonography and pediatric caudals.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 18165561.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1213/01.ane.0000287681.41646.b8.
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Abstract
Ultrasound is an important tool for performing pediatric regional blocks, including caudal blocks. We present a case in which the availability of ultrasound allowed us to proceed with a successful caudal block which we otherwise might have abandoned in an infant with difficult anatomy.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthetics, Local
- Bupivacaine
- Circumcision, Male
- Hernia, Inguinal
- Nerve Block
- Postoperative Pain
- Sacrum
- Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color