Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery and Care of the Neonate - Induction Techniques
Infants less than 8 months old
Infants less than 8 months old can often be transported to the OR without premedication; anesthesia can then be induced by an inhalation technique (see Section VIII.C.3). The vessel-rich organs are proportionately larger, and the muscle and fat groups are smaller in neonates than in adults, affecting uptake and distribution of inhalation agents (see Chapter 11).
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery and Care of the Neonate - Induction Techniques." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728368/3/Anesthesia_Outside_of_the_Operating_Room___Electroconvulsive_Therapy.
Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery and Care of the Neonate - Induction Techniques. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728368/3/Anesthesia_Outside_of_the_Operating_Room___Electroconvulsive_Therapy. Accessed October 7, 2025.
Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery and Care of the Neonate - Induction Techniques. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728368/3/Anesthesia_Outside_of_the_Operating_Room___Electroconvulsive_Therapy
Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery and Care of the Neonate - Induction Techniques [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 October 07]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728368/3/Anesthesia_Outside_of_the_Operating_Room___Electroconvulsive_Therapy.
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