Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Anesthetic outcomes in pediatric tonsillectomy: insights from the Palestinian experience
Authors' conclusion
The findings of this study revealed that patient-specific factors influenced induction-to-incision time and duration of surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy, tertiary hospital, West Bank of Palestine, 2021–2022
- Participants
- 238 patients
- Outcome
- Anesthetic outcomes, including induction-to-incision time and predictors of duration of surgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre, tertiary referral center
- Single-centre
- Tertiary referral center
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Mean induction to incision time (min)
- 5.2 ± 1.1
- Mean duration of surgery (min)
- 26.4 ± 5.4
- Induction to incision time significantly longer for male vs female patients
- 5.4 ± 1.3 vs. 5.0 ± 0.7, p-value = 0.022
- Multiple linear regression: longer duration of surgery predicted by recurrent/chronic tonsillitis
- β = 0.15
- Multiple linear regression: longer duration of surgery predicted by antibiotics during surgery
- β = 0.13
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Anesthetic outcomes in pediatric tonsillectomy: insights from the Palestinian experience. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 9 May 2025. doi:10.
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