Morbidity and mortality in pediatric anesthesia

R S Holzman

doi:10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38701-6

Morbidity and mortality in pediatric anesthesia

Pediatr Clin North Am. 1994 Feb;41(1):239-56. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38701-6.

Author

R S Holzman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 8295805
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38701-6

Abstract

This article reviews specific considerations for greater anesthetic mortality in the first year of life as well as significant differences in pediatric anesthetic morbidity associated with routine anesthetic management. Clinical conditions such as upper respiratory tract infection, congenital heart disease, and muscle disease are addressed. Loss experience suggests a different profile for pediatric anesthesia.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Anesthesia / adverse effects*
Anesthesia / economics
Anesthesia / methods
Anesthesia / mortality*
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Protocols
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Malpractice / economics
Malpractice / statistics & numerical data
Morbidity
Primary Prevention
Risk Factors