Bronchoscopic assessment of paediatric laryngeal mask airways

Abstract

patient's medical record. A total of 216 circumcisions were performed on patients aged from 5 months to 15 years. A total of 115 patients received CEA, 46 DPNB-LM and 55 DPNB-LM. Patients in the DPNB-LM group required rescue morphine administration in the Recovery unit more frequently (30.4%) than either the DPNB-US (3.5%) or CEA groups (3.6%). Similarly, the DPNB-LM group required a larger total dose of morphine, and had longer recovery ward stays than CEA or DPNB-US groups. Time to first analgesia was greatest for the CEA group whilst there was no significant difference between time to first analgesia for DPNB-LM and DPNB-US. About 63% of patients in the DPNB-LM group, 1.7% of CEA and 5.5% of the DPNB-US required intraoperative opiates (P<0.0001). There was no difference in time to hospital discharge. Reference 1 Sandeman DJ, Dilley AV. Ultrasound guided dorsal penile nerve block in children. Anaesth Int Care 2007; 35(2): 266-269.