Complications in Pediatric Regional Anesthesia : An Analysis of More than 100,000 Blocks from the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network

Complications in pediatric regional anesthesia are rare, so a large sample size is necessary to quantify risk. The Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network contains data on more than 100,000 blocks administered at more than 20 children's hospitals. This study analyzed the risk of major complications associated with regional anesthesia in children.

METHODS: This is a prospective, observational study of routine clinical practice. Data were collected on every regional block placed by an anesthesiologist at participating institutions and were uploaded to a secure database. The data were audited at multiple points for accuracy.

RESULTS: There were no permanent neurologic deficits reported (95% CI, 0 to 0.4:10,000). The risk of transient neurologic deficit was 2.4:10,000 (95% CI, 1.6 to 3.6:10,000) and was not different between peripheral and neuraxial blocks. The risk of severe local anesthetic systemic toxicity was 0.76:10,000 (95% CI, 0.3 to 1.6:10,000); the majority of cases occurred in infants. There was one epidural abscess reported (0.76:10,000, 95% CI, 0 to 4.8:10,000). The incidence of cutaneous infections was 0.5% (53:10,000, 95% CI, 43 to 64:10,000). There were no hematomas associated with neuraxial catheters (95% CI, 0 to 3.5:10,000), but one epidural hematoma occurred with a paravertebral catheter. No additional risk was observed with placing blocks under general anesthesia. The most common adverse events were benign catheter-related failures (4%).

CONCLUSIONS: The data from this study demonstrate a level of safety in pediatric regional anesthesia that is comparable to adult practice and confirms the safety of placing blocks under general anesthesia in children.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:129

Enthalten in:

Anesthesiology - 129(2018), 4 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 721-732

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Walker, Benjamin J [VerfasserIn]
Long, Justin B [VerfasserIn]
Sathyamoorthy, Madhankumar [VerfasserIn]
Birstler, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Wolf, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Bosenberg, Adrian T [VerfasserIn]
Flack, Sean H [VerfasserIn]
Krane, Elliot J [VerfasserIn]
Sethna, Navil F [VerfasserIn]
Suresh, Santhanam [VerfasserIn]
Taenzer, Andreas H [VerfasserIn]
Polaner, David M [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Lynn [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Corrie [VerfasserIn]
Sunder, Rani [VerfasserIn]
Adams, Trevor [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Lizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Pankovich, Martha [VerfasserIn]
Sawardekar, Amod [VerfasserIn]
Birmingham, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Marcelino, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Ramarmurthi, R J [VerfasserIn]
Szmuk, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Ungar, Galit Kastner [VerfasserIn]
Lozano, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Boretsky, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Ranu [VerfasserIn]
Matuszczak, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Petersen, Timothy R [VerfasserIn]
Dillow, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Power, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Kim [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Benjamin H [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Pineda, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Hutchins, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Mendoza, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Spisak, Kristen [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Aali [VerfasserIn]
DelPizzo, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Naomi [VerfasserIn]
Yalamanchili, Vidya [VerfasserIn]
Venable, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Cassandra Armstead [VerfasserIn]
Chaudahari, Reena [VerfasserIn]
Ohkawa, Susumu [VerfasserIn]
Usljebrka, Helga [VerfasserIn]
Bhalla, Tarun [VerfasserIn]
Vanzillotta, Pedro Paulo [VerfasserIn]
Apiliogullari, Seza [VerfasserIn]
Franklin, Andrew D [VerfasserIn]
Ando, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Pestieau, Sophie R [VerfasserIn]
Wright, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Rosenbloom, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Tony [VerfasserIn]
Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anesthetics, Local
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.08.2019

Date Revised 14.08.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/ALN.0000000000002372

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM287145034