Clinical Study

Anesthesia for Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation

Table 2

Administered medications. The first two columns display the number (#) of cases and doses of medications (Dex: Dexmedetomidine) given during the entire procedure (MRIs + DBS), while the last two columns display these values for the intraoperative DBS part of the procedure (DBS only).

Medications# casesDose# casesDose

Dose(MRIs + DBS)(MRIs + DBS)(DBS only)(DBS only)
Propofol infusion given11n/a7n/a
Dex infusion given14n/a14n/a
Scalp block performed7n/a7n/a
Propofol (total, mg)27258.6 189.0 (40–673.5)24115.2 91.3 (26.7–271.7)
Dex (μg)1436.7 30.4 (1.9–115.2)1433.9 23.8 (1.9–77.6)
Fentanyl (total, μg)18113.6 102.9 (10–450)1537.7 24.4 (12.5–100)
Midazolam (mg)152.1 1.8 (0.5–8.0)60.6 0.2 (0.5–1.0)
Plasmalyte-A (mL)24954.2 581.4 (250–2500)n/an/a