New Realities for Anxious Kids
This is the written version of a talk prepared for SPANZA 2018. It was held in Darwin and the whole session was about anxiety and kids. This one is by […]
Covering Many Levels and Cerebral Palsy
OK, there’s been a break. Sometimes you need those. Let’s get back into it with a look at something tricky – big orthopaedic operations in kids with cerebral palsy. There are some things […]
Shared Blood – Bleeding Tonsils
It’s a classic case that should make us sweat – the patient who is bleeding after tonsillectomy. A dive into the [cough] extensive literature with Dr Andrew Weatherall. There are just […]
Best Laid Plans
Not that long ago there was a whole post on the redesign of the difficult airway trolley at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. It was pretty popular, but it was sort of […]
All the Small Things – Tips for Big Trauma in Little People
Somewhere around Sydney at the recent ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting, Dr Andrew Weatherall had the chance to kick along a discussion about trauma in kids. This is the post version […]
Different Dragons – A Quest Updated
A while back a post went up after a talk on difficult airways which featured a range of characters and the rolling of a few dice. Well with a revisit for […]
The Airway Trolley – Something Old? Something New?
This is a slightly different bit of sharing. Dr Andrew Weatherall works at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead where they’ve been quietly working away at a redesign of the difficult airway […]
Fresh Air 2 – An Update on THRIVE in kids
It’s not that long ago that a post went up on the merits of THRIVE in little people went up. You can have a read right here. There’s another paper just out which kind […]
Present Tense – Neurotoxicity Part 4
After 3 other posts we finally got to here. What do we do in the here and now on the topic of neurotoxicity? If you haven’t read the other instalments […]
Future Tense – Neurotoxicity Part 3
This is the third in a series of posts on the topic of paediatric anaesthetic neurotoxicity. The first post provided a review of some of the animal research, while number two went […]
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