How Pediatric Anesthesiologists Manage Children with OSA Undergoing Tonsillectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to describe typical anesthesia practices for children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Study design

Online survey.

Method

A sample of pediatric anesthesiologists received the survey by email.

Results

110 respondents were included. 46.4% worked in a free-standing children's hospital and 32.7% worked in a children's facility within a general hospital. 73.6% taught residents. 44.4% saw at least one child with OSA per week, 25.5% saw them daily. On a 100-mm visual analog scale, respondents rated their comfort with managing these children as 84.94 (SD 17.59). For children with severe OSA, 53.6% gave oral midazolam preoperatively, but 24.5% typically withheld premedication and had the parent present for induction. 68.2% woul

SUBMITTER: Roberts C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7885167 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature