Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
A one‑year snapshot of pediatric regional anesthesia at a French Tertiary University Hospital
Authors' conclusion
This single-center cohort reports one year of pediatric RA practice, characterized by high RA implementation rates.
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 0–18 years receiving at least one regional anesthesia (RA) procedure in a pediatric anesthesia department of a French tertiary university hospital, over one year
- Participants
- 907 children · 1,073 RA procedures
- Outcome
- Current RA practices
- Follow-up
- One year
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Age of patients, years (as printed)
- 6.0 [1.0; 12.0]
- Peripheral blocks
- 894 (83%)
- Neuraxial blocks
- 179 (17%)
- Peripheral blocks in children >6 months
- 90%
- Neuraxial RA in infants <6 months
- 59%
- RA conducted under GA
- 90%
- Ultrasound guidance in peripheral blocks
- 98%
- Pre-puncture scanning before neuraxial procedures
- 22%
- Clonidine as adjuvant
- >60%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
A one‑year snapshot of pediatric regional anesthesia at a French Tertiary University Hospital. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 1 June 2026. doi:10.
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