Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Distribution and outcomes of paediatric anaesthesia services in Sweden: an epidemiological study
Authors' conclusion
Most procedures in neonates and infants were performed in tertiary centres, with county hospitals managing mainly older children, in accordance with national recommendations. Mortality was more common in tertiary centres, reflecting increased comorbidity and centralisation of anaesthesia of neonates and infants.
Study context
- Population
- Children undergoing anaesthesia in Sweden, 2019–22, Swedish Perioperative Registerprocedures, 81 hospitals
- Participants
- 214,964 children
- Exposure
- Hospital level of care
- Outcome
- Distribution, adverse events and mortality of paediatric anaesthesia
Methodological detailsnational register-based (Swedish Perioperative Register (SPOR))
- National register-based (SPOR)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Distribution, adverse events and mortality · 2019-22
- Neonate and infant procedures in paediatric hospitals
- 73%
- Neonate and infant procedures in other university hospitals
- 21%
- Adverse events
- 2.71%
- Severe adverse events
- 0.067%
- All-cause 24-h mortality per 10,000 anaesthetics
- 6.6:10,000
- All-cause 30-day mortality per 10,000 anaesthetics
- 14.7:10,000
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
30-day all-cause estimated mortality by hospital level
- Highest in paediatric hospitals
Original publication
Distribution and outcomes of paediatric anaesthesia services in Sweden: an epidemiological study. Br J Anaesth. Published 1 August 2024. doi:10.
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