Risk assessment for respiratory complications in paediatric anaesthesia: a prospective cohort study

Perioperative respiratory adverse events in children are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality during paediatric anaesthesia.

Authors:
von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Boda K, Chambers NA, Rebmann C, Johnson C, Sly PD, Habre W.

Authors notes:
|Lancet. 2010 Sep 4;376(9743):773-83.

Keywords:
risk assessment, respiratory complications, paediatric anaesthesia, prospective cohort study, perioperative respiratory adverse events, children, paediatric anaesthesia

Abstract:
Perioperative respiratory adverse events in children are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality during paediatric anaesthesia. We aimed to identify associations between family history, anaesthesia management, and occurrence of perioperative respiratory adverse events.