Reducing General Anesthesia for Lumbar Punctures in Pediatric Patients With Leukemia and Lymphoma, a Quality Improvement Project
Our QI initiative was successful in improving the rates of LPs completed without GA. Future efforts will be aimed to increase GA-free LP rates and explore the applicability of these methods to other procedures requiring anesthesia in pediatric care.
Authors
- Karen Arane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2603-253X)
- Daphne Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9591-6406)
- Tobias Everett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-4495)
- Sarah W. Alexander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-1702)
- Bipin Gandhi
- Karyn Positano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-688X)
- Melissa Howlett
- Tony Baxter
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Blood & Cancer
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31843
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Garron Family Cancer Centre