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Table 3 Intra-operative phase

From: Guidelines on pediatric day surgery of the Italian Societies of Pediatric Surgery (SICP) and Pediatric Anesthesiology (SARNePI)

Question

Advise

Evidence

Grading

Recomandation

Literature

General Anesthesia (Inhalation Anaesthesia vs. TIVA)

No differences between the two techniques have been observed in causing PONV, emergence agitation and respiratory and hemodynamic complications, and in influencing the length of stay in the recovery unit.

I

A

[159]

Caudal Anesthesia and post-operative analgesia

Of all the loco-regional techniques, caudal block has shown the best results in the short and long term, although maintaining a significant risk of motor block and urinary retention

I

A

[160,161,162,163,164,165]