Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Unplanned admissions after day-case surgery in an Italian third-level pediatric hospital: a retrospective study
Authors' conclusion
Good quality of patient selection, the safety of the structure, family education, and an efficient organizational model combined with an educational program for anesthesiologists can improve the safety of anesthesia for day-case surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Children undergoing day-case surgery under GA at an Italian third-level pediatric hospital, September 2012 to April 2018
- Participants
- 8,826 procedures
- Outcome
- Unplanned admission after day-case surgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre, database audit
- Single-centre
- Database audit
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Unplanned admission for anesthetic reasons
Unplanned admissions for anesthetic reasons (1 syncope, 1 vomit)
2
Unplanned admission rate
0.023%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Safety
- Major complications
- 0
Original publication
Unplanned admissions after day-case surgery in an Italian third-level pediatric hospital: a retrospective study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 26 September 2023. doi:10.
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