Paediatric anaesthesia & critical care
Perioperative Characteristics and Outcomes of Home‐Ventilated Children Undergoing Non‐Cardiac Surgery in the Pediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Database
Authors' conclusion
Although children dependent on LTV have high medical complexity, serious postoperative adverse events are rare following elective surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Pediatric patients with long-term ventilation (LTV)-dependence via tracheostomy undergoing elective non-cardiac surgerypediatric patients with home tracheostomy and ventilation requirements undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery
- Participants
- 1,291 patients
- Outcome
- Intraoperative cardiac arrest or unplanned loss of secure airway
Methodological detailsPediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database from 2019 to 2023
- Pediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database from 2019 to 2023
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- No reported intraoperative cardiac arrests or unplanned loss of secure airway amongst all patients (2019-2023)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Postoperative cardiac arrest requiring CPR
- Patients with cardiac arrest requiring CPR
- five patients (0.4%)
30-day mortality
- Patients with 30-day mortality
- three patients (0.2%)
30-day readmission
- Overall 30-day readmission
- 12% (n = 153)
- Unplanned, of the 30-day readmissions
- 81% (n = 124)
Original publication
Perioperative Characteristics and Outcomes of Home‐Ventilated Children Undergoing Non‐Cardiac Surgery in the Pediatric NSQIP Database. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 5 October 2026. doi:10.
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