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Locoregional Anesthesia in Children

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Worldwide pediatric regional anesthesia continues to evolve. In some countries, regional anesthesia forms part of the “anesthetic culture” and it is almost an anticipated to provide analgesia for children after surgery. In some institutions, the use of regional anesthesia in children remains limited because of the perception that the advantages of regional anesthesia over opiate analgesia [1,2] are not worth the potential risks. Although different, the incidence of risk associated with regional anesthesia is remarkably similar to opiate analgesia, i.e., approximately 1 per 1,000 of the population, based on recent multicenter surveys [3,4].

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Bosenberg, A.T. (2013). Locoregional Anesthesia in Children. In: Astuto, M. (eds) Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain: Standardization in Clinical Practice. Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2685-8_11

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