Anesthesia in children with multiple injuries

: Fifty polytraumatic children operated in general anaesthesia have been presented. We have given the types of injuries, operations and the reanimation and anaesthesia treatment. 26% of children have been operated immediately because of the clinically visible bleeding signs. At the same time, the reanimation measures have been taken. Other children have been operated after reanimation and diagnostic procedures within the period of 2-6 hours after the admission into the hospital. Most of the children (44%) were given neurolept anaesthesia. The authors emphasize that the transportation of polytraumatic children has not always been adequate.