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- Title
Equipment and monitoring - what is in the future to improve safety?
- Authors
Campbell, Shane; Wilson, Graham; Engelhardt, Thomas
- Abstract
There have been a number of recent developments in the practice of anesthesia and intensive care aimed at improving outcome in terms of reducing both morbidity and mortality, as well as other less-defined factors, such as quality of service provision. Significant advances have been made in airway devices such as pediatric tracheal tube designs, Microcuff tracheal tubes, and new laryngoscopes. Noninvasive monitoring devices, including continuous hemoglobin analysis and near infrared spectrometry, are being increasingly used in pediatric anesthesia. Other, 'scaled-down' versions from adult anesthesia care, however, have not universally been shown to result in improved safety and outcomes in pediatric anesthesia.
- Subjects
INDUSTRIAL safety; CRITICAL care medicine; SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL equipment; PEDIATRIC anesthesia
- Publication
Pediatric Anesthesia, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 7, p815
- ISSN
1155-5645
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03553.x