Sweden
Swedish Guidelines on Paediatric Anaesthesia
Guideline 1 | Anestesiologens ansvar i samband med anestesi av barn < 3 år |
English title | “The responsibility of the anaesthetist in the context of anaesthetizing children < 3 years of age” |
Remarks | NB! Relates to a setting where anaesthetic nurses are part of the service, thus, you may at one time be expected to supervise more than one room. States that children < 3 yrs should be anaesthetised by a “paediatric anaesthetists” as far as possible/reasonable. |
Guideline 2 | Rekommendationer hur barnanestesiverksamheten i Sverige bör organiseras |
English title | “Recommendations on the organisation of paediatric anaesthesia in Sweden” |
Remarks | Deals with which type of procedures and ages of children that a small (DGH), medium and university hospital are expected to be able to handle and which that should be transferred to the appropriate higher level of care. |
Guideline 3 | Riktllinjer för smärtbehandling hos barn- akut och postoperative smärta |
English title | “Guidelines on pain treatment in children: Acute and postoperative pain” |
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Guideline 4 | |
English title | “Guidelines for Swedish paediatric intensive care” |
Remarks | NB! Joint document between paediatric anaesthesia, paediatric surgery, paediatrics, and paediatric pain societies/sections in Sweden. Deals mainly with organisational issues and resourcing. |
All the above guidelines are endorsed by the general Swedish Society for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care.