Compassionate Expertise for the Most Delicate Hearts
Caring for children with heart conditions requires more than just medical knowledge—it demands precision, empathy and highly specialised skills. Our Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia and Critical Care team is dedicated to providing safe, expert care for neonates, infants, children and adolescents undergoing cardiac surgery or interventions.
What is Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia?
Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia is a super-specialised field focusing on children with congenital or acquired heart diseases. From newborns with complex cardiac anomalies to older children undergoing corrective cardiac surgeries, our anaesthesiologists tailor anaesthesia plans based on age, weight, heart function, and overall health.
Our services include:
- Preoperative assessment and planning.
- Anaesthetic management for open-heart surgeries on cardiopulmonary bypass (e.g., ASD / VSD repair, Tetralogy of Fallot correction, arterial switch operations, etc).
- Sedation and anaesthesia for cardiac catheterizations, cathlab interventions and imaging (MRI / CT).
- Ultrasound guided invasive lines.
- Intraoperative monitoring including paediatric transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) / neonatal epicardial echocardiography.
- Intraoperative Transcranial Doppler for complex cardiac surgery involving the arch of aorta to optimize cerebral protection.
Paediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Post-surgery, children are closely monitored in our Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU), which is specially designed for the needs of young patients. Also preoperative or preprocedural optimization is done when required. Our critical care specialists are trained in managing:
- Neonatal and paediatric ventilatory support.
- Arrhythmias and post-operative bleeding.
- Cardiorespiratory and haemodynamic instability with inotropic therapy and extended cardiopulmonary bypass when needed.
- Multisystem organ support for complex conditions.
- Critical care point of care Ultrasonography.
What Sets Us Apart
- A child-friendly, emotionally supportive environment.
- Dedicated paediatric cardiac anaesthesiologists and intensivists.
- Advanced monitoring tailored for children of all ages.
- Seamless coordination with paediatric cardiologists and cardiac surgeons.
- Family-centered care and counselling throughout the treatment journey.