Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Current anesthesia practice for preterm infants undergoing surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis: A European survey
Authors' conclusion
Anesthesia practice for infants undergoing surgery for NEC was highly variable. Most respondents considered the provided anesthetic care for patients with NEC adequate, but also recognized opportunities for further improvement, especially with regards to monitoring, protocols, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Study context
- Population
- Anesthesiologists working in European centers where surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is performed
- Participants
- 173 participants · 31 countries
- Outcome
- Anesthesia practice
Methodological detailssurvey, multinational (Europe)
- Survey
- Multinational (Europe)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Written standard protocol for anesthetic care in infants
- approximately a third
- Screened all patients with NEC preoperatively
- Three quarters
- Structural preoperative multidisciplinary consultation
- a third
- Induction: intravenous anesthesia
- n = 73, 43%
- Induction: combined intravenous and inhalation anesthesia
- n = 57, 33%
- Intravenous induction agent: propofol
- n = 58, 44%
- Intravenous induction agent: midazolam
- n = 43, 33%
- Intravenous induction agent: esketamine
- n = 42, 32%
- Maintenance: inhalation agents solely
- n = 71, 41%
- Maintenance: inhalation agents in combination
- n = 37, 22%
- Considered their anesthetic care for NEC adequate
- Sixty percent (n = 104)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Current anesthesia practice for preterm infants undergoing surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis: A European survey. J Clin Anesth. Published 5 June 2024. doi:10.
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