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Guidelines
The APA have approved a policy for Badging, Support or Endorsement of guidelines produced jointly with other organisations or generated by other organisations who request endorsement by the APA. You may read this by clicking on the link below:
Guidance for the administration of codeine and alternative opioid analgesics in children
Joint guidance from the RCoA, APA and RCPCH. Published November 26th 2013
APA Guidelines
Centre for perioperative care (CPOC) Guideline for the management of Anaemia in the perioperative pathway
Best Practice Guidance: Preassessment Services for Children undergoing Surgery or Procedures
Immunisation guideline: Best practice guidance on immunisation and surgery, 2021
Safe Delivery of paediatric ENT surgery in the UK- a national strategy, 2019
APA Consensus Statement on updated fluid fasting guidelines for children prior to elective general anaesthesia, 2018
Prevention of Peri-operative Venous Thromboembolism in Paedatric Patients, 2017
Guidelines on the Prevention of Postoperative Vomiting in Children, 2016
Paediatric Difficult Airway Guidelines, 2015
Here are the three algorithms, an explanatory document and a list of the members of the guideline group:
Good Practice in Postoperative and Procedural Pain Management, 2nd edition, 2012
These are published in the July edition of Pediatric Anesthesia and are available as a pdf download from the Wiley on-line library if you click below:
APA Guidance Statements
RCoA & APAGBI Clarification statement on consent and risk of death in children
APAGBI Climate commitment statement
Position on the timing of surgery post Covid-19 infection in children March 2022
This is a joint statement from the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (APAGBI) and the Children’s Surgical Forum (CSF).
APA statement on decision making and consent following the update to GMC guidance
Joint professional guidance on the use of general anaesthesia in young children 2019
Updated advice for professionals
Anaesthesia in Young Children January 2017
The APA has developed the following updated statement on young children receiving anaesthesia to help parents and carers
Codeine and paracetamol use in children - advice updated
Published 4th November 2013
Please note: the APA is working with several professional organisations including RCoA and RCPCH to develop the most up to date advice on specific analgesia challenges in children. We will post updates to our advice here as and when they become available. Previous advice is included here for completeness.
Codeine and paracetamol use in children - NEW advice
Published October 2013
APA Guidance on the use of safety cannulae
Published in March 2013
Recommended resuscitation training for non-training grade anaesthetists 2010
Resuscitation training for non-training grade anaesthetists - 2016 update