In this Issue: September 2025

Propofol: A Medication That Changed Pediatric Anesthesia Practice
Interesting reflection on a discovery that actually made a difference

Perspectives in Perioperative Quality Improvement: Case Studies in Positive Deviance Using Real‐World
A great overview from one of our profession’s most successful quality improvement programs.

Perspectives on Starting a Pediatric Spinal Anesthesia Program
Tips on how to establish this remarkably useful technique at your institution

Educational Review and Cases of Delayed Gastric Emptying in Children With Short Bowel Syndrome
Avoiding aspiration in these frequent flyers

Pentazocine Pharmacodynamics in Children: Simulations to Assess Safety and Effectiveness
Important data for anyone contemplating using this drug

Comparison of Spontaneous Breathing Versus Paralyzed Technique During Flexible Bronchoscopic Intubation in Anesthetized Children and Adolescents With Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis: Randomized Parallel Group Trial
It helps to paralyze them

Detection of Nociceptive Stimuli Using the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation Index in Children Aged From 3 to 18 Years
More experience with the NIPE

Evaluation of Modified Fasting Protocols to Shorten Fasting Time Before Sedation in Children: A Prospective Randomized Noninferiority Trial
More evidence that fasting can be shorter

Clear Liquid Fasting Guidelines for Pediatric Patients: A Survey of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
Slow adopters

Virtual or In‐Person Conferences? The Success of the Visiting Scholars in Pediatric Anesthesia Program (fcViSiPAPfc) as a Hybrid Model for Perioperative Education
The program is working in both virtual and in person formats

Metabolic Alkalosis in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit—A Prospective Observational Study
Not so base