Thoracoscopy in children: anaesthesiological implications and case reports (original) (raw)
2007, Minerva anestesiologica
Videoassisted thoracic surgical technique in children is being used with increasing frequency for an extensive variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The aim of the study was to assess respiratory, cardiocirculatory and body temperature changes in children undergoing thoracoscopy and to identify if the trend of such changes was modifiable by factors such as lung exclusion, length of the thoracoscopy and preoperative respiratory compromise. A total of 50 patients (38 boys and 12 girls) undergoing general anaesthesia for diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopic procedures were analysed. The values of the monitored parameters were compared at 6 specific times: T1 - at the end of anaesthesia induction (considered the basal level); T2 - after lateral position; T3 - before pleural CO2 insufflation; T4 - 10 min after pleural CO2 insufflation; T5 - before pleural deflation; T6 - 10 min after pleural deflation. All patients tolerated the thoracoscopy well, without intraoperative c...
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