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Improving Induction Experiences for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Developmental Delay

Neither a single nor repeated brief exposures to general anesthesia in young children is likely to be associated with poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes compared with no or fewer exposures.

Suprazygomatic Maxillary Nerve Blocks for pediatric T&A

Successful return to work in anesthesia after maternity leave: a qualitative study

Happy Festivus! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The care that saved me

Meet Nancy Finnel

Poisoning prevention: Tips for the holidays

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I’m bored

Hospice, palliative care, and the death of a child. A mother's perspective

The Epidemic of Gender/Sexual Harassment in Anesthesiology: We Need Systematic Solutions

What an anesthesiologist should know about pediatric arrhythmias

Meet the PAAD's QI and Implementation Science team

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It’s time to get Social

Medical device regulation

POCUS and Aeration heterogeneity in neonates and how it may vary with different respiratory disorders

Substance-Use Disorders in Young Patients

Does decreasing NPO for clear fluids to 1 hour increase the incidence of adverse respiratory events?

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The impact of neurologic comorbidity on postoperative respiratory failure and mortality

Meet the PAAD's critical care team

Giving Tuesday

Nasal vaccines: are they better than the IM versions?

Perioperative pain management for cleft palate repair: can we determine what is optimal?

Meet the PAAD's executive council members

GLP-1 receptor agonists: confusing guidelines from ASA and FDA

When a child needs lifesaving medical care are emergency rooms ready for the task?

Happy Thanksgiving

Postoperative analgesia for the Nuss procedure

POCUS in Pediatric Anesthesia: Is Standardized Credentialing the Key to Increasing Competency and Utilization?

Meet the PAAD's EEG maven

Meet the PAAD's podcast/social media team

PAAD Highlights Podcast November 2024

Is Blood Thicker than Water for Acute Brain Injury?

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Meet the PAAD's airway team

Working conditions during pregnancy: European perspective

Meet the PAAD's well-being team

The PAAD's pain team

Pediatric Readiness of U.S. Emergency Departments

External ventricular drains: What the pediatric anesthesiologist should know

Propofol versus Propofol and Ketamine for MRI

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Meet the PAAD's cardiac team

Perioperative Anxiety Assessment Tools

Identification and Treatment of Pediatric Perioperative Anxiety

Editor's picks for the pediatric anesthesia article of the day: June 2024

In Search of Quality Metrics Specific Solely To Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia

The executive council of the PAAD

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Challenge of Neonatal Anesthesia: Which Optimal EEG Target?

EEG to guide the depth of anesthesia in infants

Identification and Treatment of Pediatric Perioperative Anxiety

You did an Allen test, didn’t you!? Rethinking pre-procedural assessment for arterial line placement

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

2nd Biennial Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine Virtual Conference Nov 2, 2024

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The Opioid Conundrum: Balancing Pain Management and Neurodevelopmental Outcome after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

Scientific fraud and misrepresentation

SPPM virtual meeting

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

VOTE

2nd Biennial Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine Virtual Conference Nov 2, 2024

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

DEI in U.S. anesthesiology residency programs

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

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Universal (Intranasal) Naloxone Dispensing

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Seizure Prophylaxis, and Opining for Integration of Pediatric EEG

Pictures from SPA October 2024 annual meeting

The connection between trauma and addiction

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Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg recipient of the 2024 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.

Linda J. Mason MD is the recipient of the 2024 Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Myron Yaster MD lifetime achievement award

Happy ether day!

New analgesic therapies for sickle cell disease

A young doctor’s final words offer a mental health warning for others

Neostigmine or Sugammadex?

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Opioid Prescribing for Acute Pain Management in Children and Adolescents in Outpatient Settings: Clinical Practice Guideline Part 2

Opioid Prescribing for Acute Pain Management in Children and Adolescents in Outpatient Settings: Clinical Practice Guideline Part 1

Navigating Advanced Diabetes Technologies in Perioperative Practice

October 7

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Global perspectives on pediatric anesthesia part 2

Babies happen

Tonsillectomy and postoperative respiratory monitoring

A spoonful of honey may help reduce the pain of tonsillectomy

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Airway Infections and In-Hospital Complications in Cleft Lip and Palate

Editor’s picks for the most viewed PAADs in April 2024

Wildfire smoke and anesthesia

Remimazolam and emergence delirium

In Memoriam: Dr. John A. Clements

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What is the Safest and Most Effective Source of Fibrinogen Replacement in Neonates Undergoing Open Heart Surgery: Cryoprecipitate or Fibrinogen Concentrate?

Remembering the classics: We’ve come a long way! Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring Weren’t Always Our Standard

Global quality improvement programs and WakeUp Safe®

Dexamethasone and Type 1 Diabetes

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Assessing Competence in Psychomotor Skills: Do We “Know it When we See it”?

Methadone and tonsillectomy

Happy 50th birthday Glasgow Coma Scale

Perioperative Epistaxis

Readers remember Dr. Desmond Henry

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Sometimes putting the tube in is the easy part: when to intubate in hypoxic respiratory failure.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Anesthesiology: History, Current State, and a Way Forward

Happy labor day!

In memoriam: Dr. Desmond Henry

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Open Anesthesia: Resources on Pediatric Ventilation

Wages really do appear to fall when women enter an occupation

Sepsis: What the Pediatric Anesthesiologist Needs to Know

Ketorolac and post T&A bleeding

QI…It’s ALL about easy access to the DATA

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Partial Heart Transplant in Congenital Cardiac Surgery: One and Done?

EEG to guide the depth of anesthesia in infants

ERAS recommendations for neonatal perioperative care

Sugammadex associated anaphylaxis

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Consumer reports: Quantitative neuromuscular blockade monitoring

Editor's picks for the pediatric anesthesia article of the day: May 2024

A Cost and Waste-Savings Comparison Between Single-Use and Reusable Pulse Oximetry Sensors

Risk Factors for Neurological Injury Following Neonatal Cardiac Surgery are Multi-Factorial and Interrelated Making Interventional Targets Difficult to Identify

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Cannabis Use Disorder and Postoperative Complications

Malignant Hyperthermia

Celecoxib (Celebrex) and post tonsillectomy bleeding

High-flow oxygen for children’s airway surgery: a randomized, controlled, prospective protocol (HAMSTER) trial

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BOLO alert: Vocacapsaicin: has the holy grail of pain management been found?

FDA Accelerated Approval (AA) and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Methadone

Remembering the classics: A history of nitrous oxide, ether, chloroform, and the discovery of vapor anesthesia

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Valuing Undervalued Anesthesiology Teachers

Combined erector spinae plane block with surgical intercostal nerve cryoablation for Nuss procedure

Dupilumab (Dupixent) for Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Delayed gastric emptying after pediatric orthopedic trauma

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The Next Time A Peripheral Arterial Line is Not Feasible Consider Placing a Catheter in the Axillary Artery

Hyperoxia in Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine

The sky really is falling: supply and demand of the Pediatric workforce

Improving Induction Experiences for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Developmental Delay

Happy 14th of July : Bastille Day

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Editor's picks for the pediatric anesthesia article of the day: March 2024

Succinylcholine: where to store it for emergency use?

The anesthesia workforce: Supply demand imbalance part 2

The anesthesia workforce: Supply demand imbalance part one

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Happy 4th of July 2024

Neither a single nor repeated brief exposures to general anesthesia in young children is likely to be associated with poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes compared with no or fewer exposures.

Quantitative neuromuscular blockade monitoring: Placement makes a difference

To transfuse or not transfuse in pediatric Sickle Cell Disease that is the question

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In Memoriam: Dr. Leonard Bachman

Monitoring pediatric opioid induced respiratory depression

In Memoriam: John Christian “Chris” Abajian MD, FAAP

An epidemic of scientific fraud threatens to overwhelm us

Optimizing Hemodynamic Management In Critically Ill Neonates: Role of Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography

Halothane…yes halothane!

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The Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day and the journal Pediatric Anesthesia

Implementation science

Preventing perioperative neonatal hypothermia

More on Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Urgent Intubation of Newborn Infants

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Implementation Science

Setting up a Roth IRA for your teenage children

Recent Pediatric Anesthesia Mortality/Morbidity trends and predictors in Rawanda

Suprazygomatic Maxillary Nerve Blocks for pediatric T&A

Successful return to work in anesthesia after maternity leave: a qualitative study

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You don’t have to imagine it-image it!

Beyond the 5 Hs and Ts

The Murky World of Predatory Publishing

Look at that caudal go!

Linda J. Mason MD is the recipient of the 2024 Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Myron Yaster MD lifetime achievement award

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Should we control variability in how infants are treated for pain?

BOLO (Be On the Look Out ) alert: Remimazolam...Is the Search for the ‘magic bullet’ in procedural sedation/anesthesia over?

Female infants may be more vulnerable to long-term consequences of pain

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Universal in-hospital respiratory depression monitoring after surgery

Controlling noise in the OR

Dynamic airway computed tomography and flexible bronchoscopy for diagnosis of tracheomalacia in children: A comparison study

Closing the Gap: Gender Equity in Anesthesiology Pay

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“Can you repeat that?”: Hearing loss in the elderly

Pre anesthesia pregnancy screening: an imperative or a bubbe meise? Ethical considerations part two

Pre anesthesia pregnancy screening: an imperative or a bubbe meise? Ethical considerations part one

There ain’t no Hocus in POCUS: Ultrasound is not just for central lines anymore!

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A game changing way to better secure an IV catheter?

Is it safer to do one longer anesthetic than several shorter ones?

Direct v Video laryngoscopy: Time to give up the ghost?

Be prepared: more than a boy/girl scout motto

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The quest for the holy grail of pain management

Complications after pediatric emergency appendectomy in the UK

Pediatric Anesthesiology and Children who Die

Challenge-Response Aviation Checklists: How Process and Mindset Drive Safe Practice

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Perioperative acetaminophen (paracetamol): Why burn money?

Traumatic brain injury and ketamine: Another bubba meisa?

Ketamine vs Etomidate in severe traumatic brain injury

A New Era in Malignant Hyperthermia

In memory of Dr. Ron Litman

More pictures from SPA, CCAS, and SPPM

More pictures from SPA, SPPM, and CCAS

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More pictures from SPA, SPPM, and CCAS

2025 Ron Litman Mentoring Awardees

Does timing of inguinal hernia repair in preterm infants influence serious adverse effects?

Pictures from SPA, CCAS, and SPPM

Educating 21st Century Pediatric Anesthesiologists: We've come a long way from the apprenticeship and biomedical models of Osler and Flexner

Pictures from the SPA. CCAS. and SPPM meetings

Achondroplasia: targeted curative genetic therapy

SPA, CCAS, and SPPM annual meetings

Sabine Kost-Byerly MD is award the SPPM Distinguished Service Award

Elliot Krane is the 2024 Robert M. Smith award winner

Dr. Dean Andropoulos is the recipient of the 2024 Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) Lifetime Achievement Award

Beyond Survival: Focus on Improving Neurodevelopmental Outcomes For Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

In Memoriam: Jeannie Zuk, RN, PhD

Correction

PAAD Reader Response: On choice of crystalloid during pediatric kidney transplantation

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Anesthesiology resident knowledge of transfusion medicine: A critical knowledge gap?

Goal directed hemostatic therapy for severe bleeding: part three

Goal directed hemostatic therapy for severe bleeding part two

Goal directed hemostatic therapy for severe bleeding part one

Routine malaria vaccination campaign begins: A medical miracle

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I’ve just got one word for you: “plastics”

Disposable laryngoscope handles and blades: "I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore"

Ultrasound-guided Greater Occipital Nerve Block

Preventing wrong sided blocks

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Anesthesiologists have a role in Poison Prevention

Look alike drug vials

The Weaponization of Wellness

What’s the best solution to use during kidney transplantation?

Look alike drug vials

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Checklist for intraoperative handoffs: does less improv improve harmony?

Perioperative Regional Anesthesia and Pain Scores

Role of Anesthesia Providers in Infection Control

Pediatric anesthesia in Europe: Variations within uniformity

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Remembering the Classics: Apneic oxygenation

“Houston: We have a problem!” Well-Being Parameters and Intention to Leave Current Institution Among Academic Physicians.

Pediatric midline catheters: should you add it to your armamentarium?

Apneic oxygenation during pediatric tracheal intubation

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How low is too low? On those “soft” blood pressures under anesthesia.

A better LMA in our future?

How low is too low? On those “soft” blood pressures under anesthesia.

Esophageal atresia and TEF: Where’s the fistula?

Addisonian crisis prevention

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What is the future of mechanical ventilation?

Post-Arrest Favorable Neurologic Outcomes: Variability based on underlying disease. An outcomes comparison between children with medical cardiac, surgical cardiac, and noncardiac diseases after in-hos

Remembering the Classics: Bupivacaine toxicity secondary to continuous caudal epidural infusions in children.

CRISPR/Cas: The revolution has arrived!

Perioperative Management and Outcomes in Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Correction

Pediatric regional anesthesia

“You have chosen wisely”

Resuscitation of infants: Can different algorithms both be right? Exploring the use of NRP vs. PALS guidelines.

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Airway topicalization

Remembering the classics : Citrate Toxicity and Fresh Frozen Plasma and other Badness!

The opioid crisis in adolescents is getting worse

Remembering the classics: Managing Apparatus Dead Space in the Anesthetized Infant

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Pediatric influenza vaccination in the perioperative setting

Caudal anesthesia is not associated with post-operative complications following distal hypospadias repair

Are We Exposing Neonates To More Blood Products Than Necessary During Open-Heart Surgery Hospitalizations?

Does parental distress drive childhood pain, or does having a child in pain drive parent distress?

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SPA/SPPM/SCCA April 11-14, 2024

Elliot Krane is the 2024 Robert M. Smith award winner

The challenges of clinical trials in children

TRANSformed Anesthesia: Examining a Novel ERAS Pathway for Gender-Affirming Chest Reconstruction Surgery

Surgery, anesthesia and TBI outcomes: Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My!

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Keeping the research flame alive in anesthesiology

Airway management in neonates and infants – ESAIC and BJA joint guidelines: Part 2

Airway management in neonates and infants – ESAIC and BJA joint guidelines: Part 1

What’s in Your Transfusion? A Bedside Guide to Blood Products and Their Preparation

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The basic science of Cannabinoids Part 2

The basic science of Cannabinoids part one

Population Pharmacokinetics of Single Bolus Dose Fentanyl in Obese Children

Think (learn, teach) Outside of the Book Medical Education is Changing due to AI –As Technology Advances, Don’t Forget About the Patient

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Remembering the classics: Platelets and Massive Blood Loss

Adenotonsillectomy or Watchful Waiting for Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing

A Path for Increasing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through Mentorship

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