Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Unplanned Post‐Operative Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions After Elective Upper Airway Procedures: A Retrospective Case–Control Study
Authors' conclusion
Several clinical factors were seen to be associated with increased risk of unplanned pediatric intensive care unit admission after upper airway surgery including American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status > 2, chronic lung disease, prior neonatal intensive care unit admission, and longer operative duration. Controlling for these clinical factors, prior neonatal intensive care unit admission best predicted the need for unplanned pediatric intensive care unit admission.
Study context
- Population
- Children undergoing elective upper airway surgery at a single tertiary care center, January 2017 to June 202222 of 29 cases matched
- Participants
- 22 vs 44
- Comparison
- Unplanned PICU admission vs controls without unplanned PICU admission
- Unplanned PICU admissionn = 22
- Controln = 44reference
- Outcome
- Perioperative risk factors associated with unplanned PICU admission
Methodological detailssingle-centre, 1:2 matched on procedure type, age, and date of surgery
- Single-centre
- 1:2 matched on procedure type, age, and date of surgery
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Each row per its own increment, as printed
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Apnea-hypopnea index
P = 0.033
Apnea-hypopnea index
- Groups comparable with respect to age and weight
Original publication
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