Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Anaesthesia related mortality data at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital in Western Australia
Authors' conclusion
Paediatric anaesthesia related mortality as reflected in this retrospective cohort study is uncommon.
Study context
- Population
- Children under 18 years who died within 30 days of anaesthesia at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Western Australia, 01 January 2001–31 March 2015
- Participants
- 154,538 anaesthetic events
- Outcome
- Anaesthesia related mortality (death due wholly or partly to anaesthesia, per senior clinician panel review)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Anaesthesia attributable mortality
Anaesthesia attributable mortality
0.19/10,000
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
24-h all-cause mortality
- 24-h all-cause mortality rate
- 3.43/10,000 (95% CI 2.57-4.49)
30-day all-cause mortality
- 30-day all-cause mortality rate
- 9.38/10,000 (95% CI 7.92-11.04)
Overall mortality
- Overall mortality
- 12.34/10,000 (95% CI 11.09-14.73)
Predictors of mortality
- Age <1 year, cardiac surgery, emergency surgery and higher ASA score all significant predictors of mortality
Original publication
Anaesthesia related mortality data at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital in Western Australia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 17 November 2022. doi:10.
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