Pediatric Anesthesia Digital Handbook
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Pediatric Anesthesia
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
United States of America

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      • Fundamentals of Perioperative Fluid Therapy
      • The "4-2-1" Rule for Maintenance Fluid Therapy in Infants and Children
      • Glucose and Fluid Requirements for Neonates
      • Composition of Commonly Used IV Fluids
      • Estimating Circulating Blood Volume
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      • Normal Hemoglobin Values in Infants
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    • PALS Tachycardia with a pulse and poor perfusion
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    • Cardioversion / Defibrillation
    • Laryngospasm
    • EZ-IO Intraosseous Infusion System
    • Hyperkalemia
    • Anaphylaxis
    • Malignant Hyperthermia
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  • COVID-19 RESOURCES
Section Last Updated April 28th, 2020
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GENERAL RESOURCES​

​John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Link to Interactive Map

​Worldometer Corona Updates

​​CDC - COVID-19 Resource​

CDC National Center for Vital Statistics

COVID -19 Information by American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA)

Perioperative Considerations by Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)


Society of Critical Care Medicine COVID-19 Resources

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia COVID-19 Resources

Infectious Disease Society of America COVID-19 Guidelines

Sooner Gas - COVID-19 Resource


​LITERATURE REPOSITORY

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NEJM (Free Articles on COVID-19)

LitCovid - Curated Literature Hub by PubMed 

​Pediatric Literature on COVID-19

​CLINICAL RESOURCES

DONNING AND DOFFING
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How to put on and take off PPE - CDC


Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) - How to Don and Doff - Tufts Medical Center

NETEC PPE Procedure for COVID-19

CDC Guidance for Donning and Doffing PPE

​COVID Intubation Team Donning and Doffing Procedure - Tufts Medical Center


​CLINICAL MANAGEMENT

Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGP)

APSF/ASA Guidance on Purposing Anesthesia Machines as ICU Ventilators

Seattle Intensivist's one-pager on COVID-19

Society of Critical Care Medicine COVID-19 Management Guidelines

​CDC Clinical Guidance for Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 Disease

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Online Training for Non-ICU Clinicians

​Pediatric Anesthesiology Guide to COVID-19
(compiled by Jennifer Lau, MD at CHLA USC) Last updated 3.17.2020

​Univ of Oklahoma COVID-19 Resource 



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Initial Management of Hypoxic COVID-19 Patients
SCCM Infographic

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Management of ARDS in Patients with COVID-19
SCCM Infographic

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TCH/BCH Transition Page
American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA)
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ASA Guidelines, Statements and Practice Advisories
Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States
ERAS PDWS
AnesthesiaHub - The Central Resource of Anesthesiology

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Tufts Medical Center Webmail
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Copyright © 2014. Aman Kalra, MD. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (Author, Illustrator and Web Designer)
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LAST UPDATED February 26th, 2022