Recognition and management of risks, along with good communication, are crucial for safe neonatal anesthesia.
Reinforces risk management and communication in neonatal anesthesia; leaves open standardized protocols for prospective validation.
Neonatal anesthesia is fraught with potential risk for the patient and stress for the anesthesiologist. Where possible, recognition of these risks, avoidance of, and being able to manage them appropriately, must impact positively on perioperative outcomes in this vulnerable group of patients. Good communication with the parents, as well as with other healthcare providers, is crucial to safe and successful anesthetic care.
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