RT Book, Section A1 Marhofer, Peter A1 Kapral, Stephan A2 Hadzic, Admir SR Print(0) ID 3504732 T1 Chapter 52. Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Children T2 NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management YR 2007 FD 2007 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 9780071449069 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3504732 RD 2024/03/29 AB Modern pediatric anesthesia would not be conceivable without the use of regional anesthetic techniques. For instance, regional anesthesia decreases the need for mechanical ventilation following major thoracic or abdominal surgery. In addition, the need for intraoperative and postoperative opioids decreases accordingly. Perhaps most importantly, the entire perioperative experience is less stressful for children whose perioperative pain is adequately managed. Most of the advantages of perioperative regional anesthesia are demonstrated in central neuraxial blocks, specifically for caudal continuous lumbar or thoracic epidural blocks.