Anest. intenziv. Med. 2025;36(1):52-54 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2025.003

Premedication in children: what if it fails?Correspondence

Frelich M.1, 2, Stašová B.1, Fišerová D.3, Astapenko D.4, 5, 6, Jor O.1, 2
1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2 Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
3 Fire rescue service of Moravian-Silesian Region
4 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
5 Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Czech Republic
6 Faculty of Health Studies, Technical University in Liberec, Czech Republic

Received: July 8, 2024; Revised: December 1, 2024; Accepted: February 11, 2025; Prepublished online: March 26, 2025; Published: April 28, 2025  Show citation

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