RT Book, Section A1 Bielsky, Alan A1 Polaner, David M. A2 Ziegler, Moritz M. A2 Azizkhan, Richard G. A2 Allmen, Daniel von A2 Weber, Thomas R. SR Print(0) ID 1100431547 T1 Pediatric Anesthesia and Analgesia T2 Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-162723-8 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100431547 RD 2024/10/05 AB Analgesic dosing is administered to perioperative children based on age-specific pain assessment scoring.Analgesics available to children include all dosage routes, specific drug concentrations, and dosing frequencies based on pediatric age-specific drug distribution and utilization differences.Regional anesthetic techniques can often be combined with perioperative analgesics, assuring continued pain control well into the postoperative period.Use of the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is both effective and safe in pediatric pain control.Clear fluids administered PO in healthy infants and children 3 to 4 hours before the induction of general anesthesia is safe.The uptake of inhalational anesthetics occurs more rapidly in children than in adults.