Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Does anesthesia duration or number of cases per patient predict safety events?
Authors' conclusion
Limiting dental care under general anesthesia to multiple short cases may decrease the risk of perioperative events when compared to completing all treatment in one long operative session.
Study context
- Population
- Children undergoing dental rehabilitation under GA at a free-standing children's hospital or associated pediatric ambulatory surgery center, June 2015–December 2021
- Participants
- 8,082 children · 8,468 procedures
- Exposure
- Single anesthetic duration vs number of anesthetics per patient
- Outcome
- Perioperative safety events
Methodological detailssingle-centre, multivariable logistic regression, 7765 patients had one procedure; 317 patients had 703 procedures (two to five per patient)
- Single-centre
- Multivariable logistic regression
- 7765 patients had one procedure; 317 patients had 703 procedures (two to five per patient)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Perioperative events (multivariable logistic regression)
Odds ratio (CI)P value
ASA-PS 3
5.7(2.1–15.5)
p value .001ASA-PS 4
17.2(4.4–67.3)
P < 0.001Anesthesia duration
1.46(1.21–1.76)
P < 0.001Number of anesthetics per patientno increased risk
0.81(0.4–1.61)
p value .54Per patient, as printed
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Does anesthesia duration or number of cases per patient predict safety events? Paediatr Anaesth. Published 21 February 2024. doi:10.
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