Ad-hoc preoperative management and respiratory events in pediatric anesthesia during the first COVID-19 lockdown-an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early pre-anesthetic management for surgery is aimed at identifying risk factors, which notably in children are mostly airway related. The first COVID-19 lockdown opened a unique 'window of opportunity' to study what impact an ad-hoc management strategy would bring to bear on intraoperative respiratory events.

Methods

In this observational cohort study we included all patients with an American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Physical Status of I or II, aged 0 to ≤18 years, who underwent elective surgery at our center during the first national COVID-19 lockdown (March 15th to May 31st, 2020) and all analogue cases during the same calendar period of 2017-2019. The primary outcome parameter was a drop in peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) below 90% during anesthesia

SUBMITTER: Zadrazil M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387849 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature