Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
Marta Joao Silva
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Centro Hospitalar São João and Departamento de Pediatria,
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
Portugal
Research Article
Heart Rate Variability in Children Submitted to Surgery
Author(s): Marta Joao Silva, Raquel Pinheiro, Rute Almeida, Francisco Cunha, Augusto Ribeiro, Ana Paula Rocha and Hercília GuimaraesMarta Joao Silva, Raquel Pinheiro, Rute Almeida, Francisco Cunha, Augusto Ribeiro, Ana Paula Rocha and Hercília Guimaraes
Objective: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is known to reflect the sympathetic/parasympathetic interaction on several physiological and pathological conditions such as the cardiac activity responsiveness to physiological and environmental stimuli. Therefore, it has been widely used to assess nervous autonomic fluctuations and their influence on sinus node. Studies on children have demonstrated the correlation between HRV and different parameters like age, gender, physical activity and autonomic diseases whereas little evidence exists of the effects of surgery and residual anesthesic drugs on HRV. The aim of this study was to define the possible role of minor surgery in HRV in healthy children.
Design: Observational prospective cohort study.
Setting: Pediatric Surgery Department of a tertiary, university-affili.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000688