PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Suresh, Santhanam
AU  - Bellig, Gregory
TI  - Regional Anesthesia in a Very Low-Birth-Weight Neonate for a Neurosurgical Procedure
AID  - 10.1016/j.rapm.2003.09.008
DP  - 2004 Jan 01
TA  - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
PG  - 58--59
VI  - 29
IP  - 1
4099  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/29/1/58.short
4100  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/29/1/58.full
SO  - Reg Anesth Pain Med2004 Jan 01; 29
AB  - Background and Objectives: Peripheral nerve blocks can be successfully utilized in infants for neurosurgical procedures. Our objective was utilizing a series of peripheral nerve blocks for a neurosurgical procedure in a very low-birth-weight neonate.Case Report: We report the use of supraorbital, great auricular, and greater occipital nerve block in a very low-birth-weight neonate (700 g) who was scheduled for a neurosurgical procedure.Discussion: We were able to successfully utilize peripheral nerve blocks and were able to blunt physiologic responses to surgical stress without compromising hemodynamic stability using high-dose opioids.