Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Preoperative preparation of children with upper respiratory tract infection: a focussed narrative review
Study context
- Population
- Children with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), including COVID-19 infection, presenting for elective surgery
Methodological detailsfocussed
- Focussed
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Children with URTI are at increased risk of perioperative respiratory adverse events
- Patient, anaesthetic and surgical risk factors act synergistically to determine individual risk and allow risk stratification, clinically and with validated scoring systems
- Evidence-based optimisation of modifiable respiratory risk factors can reduce the risk of perioperative bronchospasm
Original publication
Preoperative preparation of children with upper respiratory tract infection: a focussed narrative review. Br J Anaesth. Published 2 October 2024. doi:10.
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