Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Prospective National Audit of the Anesthetic Management of Children With Long QT Syndrome
Authors' conclusion
This complex group of patients has a significant complication rate under general anesthesia.
Study context
- Population
- Children with long QT syndrome undergoing anaesthesia, UK
- Participants
- 81 children · 90 anaesthesia episodes
- Outcome
- Significant perioperative complications
Methodological detailsmulticentre, Online secure reporting portal; ≈2-year period; fully anonymized data
- Multicentre
- Online secure reporting portal; ≈2-year period; fully anonymized data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Patients with a significant complication (intermittent AV block, ventricular tachycardia, QRS morphology changes, bradycardia needing CPR)
3
Unplanned ICU admission
0
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Anaesthetic management
- Both IV and inhalational agents used perioperatively
- Every case anaesthetized by a consultant
Safety
Significant complications under anaesthesia
- Patients with a significant complication
- 3
Original publication
Prospective National Audit of the Anesthetic Management of Children With Long QT Syndrome. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 13 October 2025. doi:10.
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