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Beyond Deep versus Awake: A Physiology-based Approach to Successful Neonatal and Pediatric Extubation

Citation:
Olsen JM, Templeton W, von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Matava C. Beyond Deep versus Awake: A Physiology-based Approach to Successful Neonatal and Pediatric Extubation. aAnesthesiology. 2026. 

Abstract:
This Clinical Focus Review presents physiologic, pharmacologic, and technical considerations to successful extubation, challenging the traditional dichotomy of “deep or awake” techniques in pediatric anesthesia.