Fast-tracking with continuous thoracic epidural analgesia in paediatric congenital heart surgeries: an institutional experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the success of fast-tracking in infants and small children undergoing paediatric cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia with continuous thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA).

Methodology

It is a retrospective study at a tertiary care hospital. A total of 461 children, aged 12 years or younger, were operated for congenital heart disease over a 2-year period from January 2018 to December 2019. After the exclusion of 71 patients, data from the remaining 390 patients were analysed.

Measurements and main results

The median time for extubation after intensive care unit admission was 2 h and 25 min (0-20 h). Extubation within 6 h was achieved in 215 patients (~ 55%). Patients in the early extubation group had significantly shorter hospital stay (4.1 ± 2.3

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9424455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature