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Paediatric Anaesthesia

Tutorial 417

Anaesthesia for Paediatric Laparoscopic Surgery

Dr Rakhee Goyal1†, Dr William Francis Powell, Jr2

1Lead Consultant Anaesthesia, Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India

2Anaesthesia Resident/Registrar, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Edited by: Dr Faye Evans, Senior Associate in Perioperative Anaesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA

Corresponding author email: rakheegoyalkumar@gmail.com

Published 28 January 2020

Abstract

At the end of the procedure, adequate reversal of neuromuscular blockade must be done, and normocapnia must be ensured prior to extubation. In the immediate postoperative period, patients should be monitored in the postanaesthesia care unit.