Paediatric anaesthesia & critical care
Perspectives in Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia: Part 3—One Center's Evolving Regional Anesthesia Experience and Outcomes
Authors' conclusion
This review's key findings include an evolution in RA practice, which in conjunction with opioid-sparing efforts, have driven improvements in clinical outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric ambulatory surgery cases receiving regional anesthesia (RA) at a free-standing pediatric ambulatory surgery center, 7/2010 to 12/2024
- Outcome
- RA practice changes over 14 years
Methodological detailssingle-centre, free-standing pediatric ambulatory surgery center (ASC), statistical process control
- Single-centre
- Free-standing pediatric ASC
- Statistical process control
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Incidence of peripheral nerve blocks (PNB) increased from 13% to
- 35.4%
- Central neuraxial block (CNB) dropped from 10% of cases to
- 2%
- Single injection block at baseline (increased three-fold)
- 25%
- Continuous catheter cases at baseline (decreased twice)
- 3.7%
- Anesthesia preparation time with RA decreased from 16.8 min to
- 12.5 min
- First attempt RA success rate, PNB
- 90%
- First attempt RA success rate, CNB
- 83%
- First attempt RA success rate, single injection
- 89%
- First attempt RA success rate, continuous catheter
- 96%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
PACU maximum pain and opioid use rates
- Decreased for RA and non-RA patients
Original publication
Perspectives in Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia: Part 3—One Center's Evolving Regional Anesthesia Experience and Outcomes. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 9 July 2026. doi:10.
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