Sedation and anesthesia of pediatric patient for External beam radiotherapy (XRT) | ||
| Benha Medical Journal | ||
| Article 20, Volume 38, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 234-246 PDF (465.67 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bmfj.2021.33194.1281 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Peter Milad Saied* 1; Ihab Elshahat Afifi2; Ibrahim Ezzat Mostafa2 | ||
| 1Anesthesia department-Matarya Teaching Hospital-Cairo | ||
| 2Anesthesia and ICU department, faculty of Medicine , Benha University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| BACKGROUND: External beam radiation delivers a beam of high-energy x-rays to a patient's tumor site, Ιn order to destroy the cancer cells. External beam radiation gets its name from the fact that the beams come from an external source (a machine called a linear accelerator) and are aimed at the site of the tumor.AIM: was to obtain the most recent guideline in sedation and anesthesia of pediatric patient for External beam radiotherapy (XRT). Providing sedation anesthesia techniques during the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures οn children decreases anxiety, discomfort, and pain and may improve child wellbeing. Immobilization is a pre-requisite for accurate radiotherapy. SUBJECTS and METHODS: This is a review article, the search was performed in MEDLINE , Embase , Pubmed, and CINHAL. RESULTS: Anesthetic drugs can be used in sub-anesthetic doses to cause sedation but, because they are potent, the difference between sedative and anesthetic doses is too small and airway skills are required too often for non-anesthetists to use them.C0NCLUSION: Sedation and anesthesia of pediatric patients have serious associated risks, as hypoventilation, apnea airway obstruction and cardiopulmonary impairment or depression. These risks should be avoided, diagnosed rapidly and treated appropriately. Medical practitioners responsible for the sedation process should know the nature of the sedatives and their side-effects. They should be able to detect and manage complications.This study was approved by the institutional ethical committee. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sedation; anesthesia; pediatric; External radiotherapy | ||
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