The history of paediatric anaesthesia

Fortuna, A

doi:10.1053/bean.2000.0117

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“…It is against this background that pediatric regional anesthesia developed further in a sporadic fashion. Fortuna's review (19) highlights developments in many parts of the world. These reports were often by individuals or departments, not necessarily in major centers, and blocks were not universally employed.…”

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“…Spinal anesthesia in infants, particularly ex-prems, has again become popular following the report in 1984 by Abajian (USA) of 78 prems (59). By 2000, the Vermont Spinal Registry had recorded over 1000 cases (19). It has proved safe and it is associated with less apnea in ex-prems than following general anesthesia.…”

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“…Rushton, working in Hamilton General Hospital in Canada, published papers (1954, 1964) on his experience with epidurals in children (28,29). Others in Brazil took up caudals and epidurals (19,30,31). In 1967, Fortuna reported on 170 caudals in infants and children of whom 26 were <1 year of age.…”

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History of pediatric regional anesthesia

Brown

2011

Pediatric Anesthesia

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The history of local and regional anesthesia began with the discovery of the local anesthetic properties of cocaine in 1884. Shortly afterwards nerve blocks were being attempted for surgical anesthesia. Bier introduced spinal anesthesia in 1898, two of his first six patients being children. Spinal anesthesia became more widely used with the advent of better local anesthetics, stovaine and procaine in 1904-1905. Caudals and epidurals came into use in children much later. In the early years these blocks were performed by surgeons but as other doctors began to give anaesthetics the specialty of anesthesia evolved and these practitioners gradually took over this role. Specific reports of their use in children have increased as pediatric anesthesia has developed. Spinals and other local techniques had periods of greater and lesser use and have not been universally employed. Initial loss of popularity seemed to relate to improvements in general anaesthesia. The advent of lignocaine (1943) and longer acting bupivacaine (1963) and increasing concern about postoperative analgesia in the 1970-1980s, contributed to the increased use of blocks.

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