A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intrathecal versus Caudal Morphine-Bupivacaine on Postoperative Analgesia and Cortisol Levels in Pediatric Patients

Bupivacaine on Postoperative Analgesia and Cortisol Levels in Pediatric Patients

Anesthesia Analgesia

Submitted September 2025 by Dr Stephanie Pauling

This study compared the analgesic outcomes of caudal morphine and bupivacaine with intrathecal morphine and bupivacaine in patients aged 1-5 having general, urological and orthopaedic surgery below...

Safety of Intrathecal Clonidine as an Adjuvant to Spinal Anesthesia in Infants and Children

Pediatric Anesthesia

Submitted September 2025 by Dr David Roche

This retrospective chart review explores the safety of intrathecal clonidine in infants and children up to 3 years of age who received spinal anaesthesia. Methods In this single centre study the...

Is the Compassion of Anesthesiologists Associated With Postoperative Pain and Patient Experience? A Prospective Cohort Study

Anesthesia Analgesia

Submitted September 2025 by Dr Andrew O’Donoghue

Summary This study, published in Anaesthesia & Analgesia (2025), investigates the role of anaesthesiologist compassion in shaping postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing same-day...

The promise of precision

Exploring the role of remimazolam in paediatric anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Submitted August 2025 by Dr Ayaka Omori

This narrative review serves as an update on the use of remimazolam in paediatric population. The introduction of remimazolam is a notable development in hypnotics in the past two...

Evaluation of the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Time-Out Checklist

A Simulation Study

Pediatric Anesthesia

Submitted August 2025 by Dr Su May Koh

This simulation-based study examined the effect of a Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia Time-out Checklist training for pediatric anaesthetists and trainees. Not surprisingly it found that checklist...