Volatile Induction and Maintenance of Anesthesia without Intravenous Access in Mild to Moderate Burn Injured Pediatric Patients.
- Author:
Young Ho JANG
1
;
Sang Kyu KIM
;
Joon Mo PARK
;
Yong Hoon SON
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pureun Hospital Burn Center, Daegu, Korea. weonjo@pnuyh.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Burn;
Children;
Inhalation anesthesia;
Intravenous;
Sevoflurane
- MeSH:
Airway Obstruction;
Anesthesia;
Anesthesia, Inhalation;
Anoxia;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Bradycardia;
Breath Holding;
Bronchial Spasm;
Burns;
Child;
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic;
Cough;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Laryngeal Masks;
Laryngismus;
Masks;
Medical Staff;
Methyl Ethers;
Parents;
Tachycardia;
Ventilation
- From:Journal of Korean Burn Society
2010;13(1):16-20
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Peripheral intravenous (I.V.) access is a common but stressful procedure in children, their parents and medical staffs. We evaluated the efficacy of volatile induction and maintenance of anesthesia (VIMA) without intravenous access for brief procedures in mild to moderate burn-injured pediatric patients. METHODS: VIMA without I.V. was conducted to healthy pediatric patients. Adverse events such as cough, breath holding, airway obstruction, arrhythmia, bradycardia and tachycardia, etc. were evaluated. RESULTS: From July 2008 to December 2009, 1,495 cases of VIMA with sevoflurane were performed in 859 children. Burn-injured patients were 94.9% and patients with hypertrophic scar were 5.1%. Scalding burn and contact burn were 90.1% of the burn-injured patients. Mean anesthesia duration was 29.3+/-6.2 min. In 1,495 VIMA cases, 47 cases had cardiovascular adverse events, including tachycardia (36), bradycardia (7), arrhythmia (3), and hypertension (1). All of these cardiovascular events returned normal after anesthesia. The respiratory adverse events occurred in 72 cases, including cough (49), breath holding (10), partial airway obstruction (8), hypoxia (4), and laryngospasm (1). None of the patients had bronchospasm. Most of the respiratory adverse events could be controlled by manual ventilation with mask, and oropharyngeal airway or laryngeal mask insertion. In four cases with hypoxia, the duration was less than 1 minute and these cases were no eventful after anesthesia. CONCLUSION: VIMA without I.V. access can be effective in brief procedures with mild to moderate burn-injured pediatric patients, even though a longer period of study may be required to assess the efficacy and safety.
