Leite J A
Santa Joana Hospital, São Paulo.
Sao Paulo Med J. 1994 Apr-Jun;112(2):564-5. doi: 10.1590/s1516-31801994000200009.
Postoperative apnea (PA) occurs between 12 and 40% in premature infants, varying inversely in postconceptual age (risk is greater if age is less than 44 weeks). It can appear as late as 12 hours after the end of the surgical anesthesia (7). In a recent article (1), the author related the occurrence of PA in an ex-premature infant submitted to inhalation anesthesia The use of regional blockings is pointed out as one of the solutions for the problem (9,5). This paper is about the use of caudal epidural anesthesia in a premature neonate, submitted to bilateral inguinal herniorraphy.
术后呼吸暂停（PA）在早产儿中的发生率为12%至40%，与孕龄呈反比（孕龄小于44周时风险更高）。它可能在手术麻醉结束后长达12小时出现（7）。在最近的一篇文章（1）中，作者讲述了一例接受吸入麻醉的早产婴儿发生PA的情况。区域阻滞的使用被指出是解决该问题的方法之一（9,5）。本文讲述的是在一名接受双侧腹股沟疝修补术的早产新生儿中使用骶管硬膜外麻醉的情况。
