Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Status Quo of Implementation in Europe
Authors' conclusion
This European survey revealed that implementation of ERAS concepts in pediatric cardiac surgery is generally low, with considerable heterogeneity in clinical practice regarding the timing of extubation, the choice of surgical procedures triggering on-table extubation, the choice of anesthetic drugs and the use of regional anesthesia.
Study context
- Population
- Anesthesiologists of European pediatric cardiac surgical centersof 98 centers
- Participants
- 42 participants
- Outcome
- ERAS implementation
Methodological detailsprospective, 79-item web-based survey, endorsed by the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, 8 responses excluded (incomplete forms or non-European location); 42 responses (42.9%) analysed
- Prospective
- 79-item web-based survey
- Endorsed by the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
- 8 responses excluded (incomplete forms or non-European location); 42 responses (42.9%) analysed
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Centers following an ERAS concept
16
38.1%
ERAS concept formalized in a written document covering the entire perioperative period
3
7.1%
ERAS concept formalized solely for the intraoperative period
13
31%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Regional and local anesthesia
- Centers regularly practising RA blocks
- 13 (31%)
- Centers using wound infiltration by the surgical team
- 11 (26.2%)
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