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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 41, 818-844, Copyright © 1994 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Monitoring during paediatric cardiac anaesthesia

JP Purday
Department of Anaesthesia, University of British Columbia, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.

Monitoring of paediatric anaesthesia has become increasingly more complex in recent years and this is particularly true of cardiac anaesthesia. The purpose of this review is to give a comprehensive update of published material related to both routine and specialized cardiac monitoring. Routine monitoring can be particularly affected by the alterations of cardiac rhythm, blood flow, cardiac output and oxygenation which result from the congenital heart abnormalities themselves, the type of surgery undertaken and the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass. The use of specialized monitoring is becoming more widespread, particularly in the areas of cerebral function, mixed venous oxygenation, cardiac output measurement and coagulation. In the last five years, with the development of smaller probes, a great deal has been published on transoesophageal echocardiography. The use of the current monitors of cerebral function still remains controversial despite the need for a monitor of adequate brain perfusion, reflecting the need for a great deal of further research in this area. This review will concentrate on particular areas which have seen the most profound changes and on monitoring that may form the standards of tomorrow. Finally, amongst all the technology, it should not be forgotten that the most important clinical monitor is the bedside clinical monitoring of the physicians themselves.


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