V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 5 2 0 0 6 infant Infants can present with an enormous variety of conditions (TABLE 1) and despite their age can come from vastly different physiological backgrounds. Expreterm residents and graduates of the neonatal intensive care unit will present with many more challenges than an otherwise healthy term infant with an isolated surgical problem. In addition the practice ...

In an attempt to reduce perioperative cardiac morbidity, intense study and research has been centred, practically exclusively, on the anaesthetic management during the preoperative and intraoperative periods. The postoperative period has been virtually ignored. However, recent data strongly suggest that we should be directing the same intense interest to management of the immediate postoperativ...

Due to increasing health care costs, hospitals are becoming more involved in interventional health care, while more chronic care is transferred to non hospital institutions. In recent years, therefore, the role of the recovery room has changed to become the central point of periand postoperative care. A broad range of patients is now cared for in the recovery room, from those awaiting discharge...

Background: Infants may lose their body resources after surgery due to inadequate nutrient intake and undergoing long periods of fasting after surgery for esophageal atresia, increases risk of several complications. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of early feeding support on the postoperative weight gain status of infants with esophageal atresia. Method: This randomized, controlle...