Adverse Events in Infants Less Than 6 Months of Age After Ambulatory Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging Requiring Anesthesia.

ABSTRACT: AAP guidelines recommend infants less than 6 months of age are monitored for at least 2 hours following surgery. This retrospective study evaluated if adherence to the 2-hour monitoring guideline decreased the risk of adverse events associated with ambulatory procedures in infants younger than 6 months.

Methods

We queried the hospital's electronic medical record to identify patients younger than 6 months of age who received anesthetic care from January 2015 to March 2020. Demographic data, intraoperative adverse events, and returns to the emergency department (ED) or urgent care within 7 days were captured for each patient. We calculated the number and frequency for categorical data and median and interquartile range (IQR) for continuous data. Chi-square or Fisher's exact test were

SUBMITTER: Uffman JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9249270 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature