Title: Pediatric Regional AnesthesiaAnalgesia
1Pediatric Regional Anesthesia/Analgesia
2Physiology
- Postoperative apnea in former premature infants
- Implications
- Immature CNS and BBB
- Regional alone decreases risk
3Pharmacology
- General and Implications
- Distribution
- CSF Volume
- Total Body Water
- Protein Binding
- Clearance
- Liver
- Renal
- Local Anesthetics
- Opioids
4Approximate CSF Volume
Cote, A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and
Children
5? CSF Volume Implications
- Dosage of Drugs
- tetracaine 1 mg/kg epinephrine for spinal
- bupivacaine 0.5-1.0 ml/kg for caudal
- Duration of action
- e.g. Spinal Tetracaine with epinephrine
minutes
Cote, A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and
Children
6Total Body Water
of bodyweight
lt15 week fetus
4-6 months
Adult
Full Term
Clin Pharm, 14189, 1988
7General Pharmacology Implications
- ? CSF Volume ? ? dose ? duration
- ? Total Body Water ? ? IV dose, ? ? toxicity
- ? Protein Binding ? ? drug available ? ?
toxicity - ? Clearance ? ? t1/2 ? ? toxicity
8Local Anesthetics
- BE CAREFUL with repeated dosing and infusions
- Neurologic symptoms gt cardiac symptoms
- May not be able to illicit early neurologic
symptoms in small children - First sign may be a grand mal seizure
Anesth Analg, 75164, 1992 Anesth Analg, 75284,
1992 Anesth Analg, 75287, 1992
9Opioids
- Implications BE CAREFUL with opioids and infants
- Recommendation for opioids
- For IV, lt6 months of age ? consider apnea
monitoring - For CEI, lt12 months of age ? no fentanyl
Anesthesiology 661389, 1987
10Anatomy
Cote, A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and
Children
11Regional Anesthesia Only!
- Reduce risk of postoperative apnea in former
premies - Regional anesthesia alone will reduce risk of
postoperative apnea - Still need to monitor overnight
- Techniques
- Caudal 0.25 Bupivacaine (1ml/kg) Clonidine (1
mcg/kg) - Spinal Tetracaine, surgical anesthesia for 60-90
minutes - In other age groups, difficult to do regional
alone
Anesthesiology 101A1470, 2004
12Combined Regional and General Anesthesia
- Usually regional anesthesia for postoperative
analgesia - Types
- Single dose caudal
- Continuous Epidural/Caudal Infusion
- Peripheral nerve blocks
- Field blocks
- Local infiltration
13Contraindications to Regional Anesthesia in
Pediatrics
- Parental refusal
- Need for intact sensory system for postoperative
evaluation - Sepsis
- Bleeding disorder
- Vertebral malformation or previous surgery
- Allergy
14Pediatric Regional AnesthesiaNeuroaxial
Techniques
- Caudal anesthesia and analgesia
- Single dose local anesthetic
- Morphine
- Clonidine
- Continuous infusion
- Spinal anesthesia
15Caudal Anesthesia Technique
16Caudal Anesthesia
17Caudal Anesthesia
18Caudal Anesthesia
Needle or Angiocath
19Caudal AnesthesiaWhere can it go?
20Single DoseLocal Anesthetic Volume
- Traditional
- 0.05 ml/seg/kg
- 0.5 ml/kg ? T10
- 1.0 ml/kg ? T6
- For longer duration or lower concentration
- 1.5 ml/kg ? T2
Anesthesiology 47527, 1977 Anesthesiology 7557,
1991
21Single DoseConcentration of Local Anesthetic
- Balance analgesia with risk of motor block
- 0.25 Bupivacaine (max 1 mg/kg)
- Excellent analgesia
- Risk of some motor block
- Shorter duration cases
- Recommend patients lt 18 months of age
- 0.175 Bupivacaine (max 1.5 mg/kg)
- Less motor block with good analgesia
- Higher levels
- Longer duration
- Mix 10 ml 7 ml 0.25 3 ml NS
22Single DoseCaudal Morphine
- 30 40 mcg/kg
- Provides analgesia for 12-24 hours
- No respiratory depression in over 500 children
- Nausea incidence similar to general anesthesia
- Less labor intensive
- Does not require special pain service
- Side Effects
- Nausea
- Itching
- Propofol therapy single dose
- Do not need to go to PICU
Anesthesiology 81A1348, 1994 J Clin Anesth
7640, 1995
23Local with Clonidine
- Clonidine in adults as oral sedative or adjunct
to spinal or epidural - Enhances and increases the effect of single shot
bupivacaine caudal - Risk sedation with gt 1mcg/kg
- At UTMB, use for caudal alone for premies and
hernia repair
Anesthesiology 101A1470, 2004
24Awake Caudals in Neonates
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28Caudal/Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia
Continuous Infusion
- Technique and Dose
- Caudal
- 16g angiocath with 19g epidural catheter
- Thread up to thoracic level
- Guard with clear steridrape
- Epidural-lumbar
- Use LOR to saline and continuous pressure method
- If thread up to thoracic level, need epidurogram
- Initial Dose 0.05 ml/seg/kg
Anesthesiology 69265, 1988 Anesthesiology
79400, 1993
29Caudal/Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia
Continuous Infusion Rates and Types
- Rates
- lt1 y/o 0.1 to 0.2 ml/kg/hr
- gt1 y/o 0.1 to 0.4 ml/kg/hr
- less than 0.5 mcg/kg/hr fentanyl to start
- Types
- lt1 y/o 0.1 bupivacaine
- gt1 y/o 0.1 bupivacaine 3 mcg/ml fentanyl
Anesth Analg, 75164, 1992
30Continuous Caudal/Epidural Infusion Side
Effects and Treatment
Naloxone
Itching
Diphenhydramine
0.5-2 mcg/kg
Nausea
Metoclopramide
Naloxone
avoid sedating drugs
Naloxone
Urinary Retention
Straight Cath prn
Sedation
Turn Down Infusion
Respiratory Depression
Naloxone
10 mcg/kg
If infusion has fentanyl, then turn down
infusion may use naloxone
Cote, A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and
Children
31Spinal Anesthesia
- RARELY done
- Technique
- IV access
- 1.5" 22g beveled needle
- Dose
- Tetracaine 1 mg/kg and "whiff" (0.02 ml)
epinephrine
32Approximate Distance Skin to Subarachnoid Space
MILLIMETERS
Premie
Newborn
5 months
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Children
33Spinal AnesthesiaPositioning
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34Spinal AnesthesiaCSF Returns
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35Spinal AnesthesiaInjection
Cote, A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and
Children
36Spinal Anesthesia
- Complications
- No hypotension seen in children under 6 years of
age - If blood encountered, difficult to identify CSF
- Limitations
- Procedure
- Duration 45 minutes
- Surgeon
37Penile Block
38Innervation
- Dorsal nerve of the penis
- 2nd to 4th sacral nerve roots
- Terminal branch of puedendal nerve
- Supplies the skin and the glans
- Gentiofemoral nerve (genital branch)
- Base of the penis and scrotum
39Anatomy
- Triangular space lying deep to the fascia
-
- Boundaries
- Above - symphysis pubis
- Below - corporosa cavernosa
- Anteriorly - Superficial fascia
40Anatomy
- Fascia splits on deep surface ? suspensory
ligament - Dorsal nerves and vessels lie in enclosed tight
fascial sheath
41Landmarks
- Palpate symphysis pubis above the root of the
penis - Mark two points (0.5cm infant, 1cm adult/child)
either side of the midline below the S.P.
42Technique
- 2 Injections
- 22-25G short bevelled needle
- Insert until touching the pubic symphysis
- Redirect lower and 3-5mm deeper
43 44Complications
- Intravascular injection
- Puncture of corpus cavernosum / dorsal vessels
- Ischaemia (rarely)
45Ilio-inguinal blockade
46Indications
- Surgical
- Field block (part of) for inguinal hernia repair
- Analgesic
- Post-op inguinal hernia repair
- Therapeutic
- Scar pain post herniorrhaphy
- Post-herpetic neuralgia
47Contraindications
- Local infection
- Anticoagulant therapy
48Innervation
- Sub-costal (T12)
- Iliohypogastric
- Genitofemoral
- Ilioinguinal
Iliohypogastric Genitofemoral Ilioinguinal
49Anatomy
- Subcoastal T12
- Ilioinguinal Iliohypogastric L1
- Genitofemoral L12
50Anatomy
- Ilioinguinal iliohyogastric nerve follow a
circular course passing superior anterior iliac
spine - Lie within the abdominal wall muscles
51Adjacent to the ASIS
- External oblique
- Subcostal and Iliohypogastric N.
- Internal oblique
- Ilioinguinal N.
- Transversus Abdominis
52Landmarks
- Line drawn between anterior superior iliac spine
and umbilicus - Injection site 3cm medially along this line
53Subcostal and Iliohypogastric
- Needle perpendicular to skin
- 22G short bevelled needle
- 1st Click penetration of ext. ob. aponeurosis
(8ml)
54- External oblique
- Subcostal and Iliohypogastric N.
- Internal oblique
- Ilioinguinal N.
- Transversus Abdominis
CLICK!
55Ilioinguinal
56- External oblique
- Subcostal and Iliohypogastric N.
- Internal oblique
- Ilioinguinal N.
- Transversus Abdominis
CLICK!
CLICK!
57Ilioinguinal
- 2nd Click
- Or,
- Posterolaterally to touch wing of the ilium and
withdraw - Further 8ml (Bupivicaine / Ropivicaine /
Prilocaine)
58Complications
- Haematoma
- Infection
- Intravascular injection
- Intraperitoneal injection
- Femoral nerve block