Can fetus feel pain in the second trimester? Lessons learned from a sentinel event

Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Feb;34(2):195-196. doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3677-6. Epub 2017 Dec 16.

Authors

María J Mayorga-Buiza¹, Javier Marquez-Rivas², Emilio Gomez-Gonzalez³

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Anesthesia Department, Children Hospital, University Hospitals Virgen del Rocio, Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain. mayorgabuiza@gmail.com.
² Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children Hospital, University Hospitals Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain.
³ Group of Interdisciplinary Physics Engineering School, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

PMID: 29249071
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-017-3677-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adjuvants, Anesthesia / therapeutic use
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists / therapeutic use
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Anesthesia, General / methods
Anesthetics, Inhalation / therapeutic use
Atropine / therapeutic use
Female
Fentanyl / therapeutic use
Fetal Therapies / methods*
Humans
Injections, Intramuscular
Medication Errors
Meningomyelocele / surgery*
Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents / therapeutic use
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
Pain, Procedural / physiopathology*
Pain, Procedural / prevention & control
Phenylephrine / therapeutic use
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Remifentanil / therapeutic use
Sevoflurane / therapeutic use
Stress, Physiological / physiology*
Vecuronium Bromide / therapeutic use

Substances

Adjuvants, Anesthesia
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists
Analgesics, Opioid
Anesthetics, Inhalation
Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents
Phenylephrine
Sevoflurane
Atropine
Vecuronium Bromide
Remifentanil
Fentanyl