Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
A Single‐Center Descriptive Analysis of Interventions for Hypotension in Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors' conclusion
Intervention rates in pediatric patients were lower than those reported in adults, with intervention thresholds decreasing with younger age. Use of intravascular volume expansion appears to be more commonly used to treat hypotension in infants compared to older children.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric patients aged < 18 years undergoing noncardiac surgery under GA, 2015–2023anesthetic records analysed
- Participants
- 37,958 patients
- Exposure
- Infants vs Preschool vs Children vs Teenagers
- Outcome
- Adjusted rate of intervention (any bolus of ephedrine, phenylephrine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, vasopressin, or 5% albumin); lowest MAP associated with an intervention
Methodological detailssingle-centre, observational
- Single-centre
- Observational
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
MAP associated with an intervention
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Most commonly employed interventions
- Most common intervention was 5% albumin, followed by phenylephrine
Original publication
A Single‐Center Descriptive Analysis of Interventions for Hypotension in Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 11 August 2025. doi:10.
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