Why the study?
Perioperative respiratory adverse events are the most common cause of critical events in pediatric anesthesia, yet anesthetic management decisions can impact their incidence and severity.
What are the anesthesia-related risk factors and management strategies to reduce perioperative respiratory adverse events in children undergoing anesthesia and surgery?
What are the anesthesia-related risk factors and management strategies to reduce perioperative respiratory adverse events in children undergoing anesthesia and surgery?
This review provides a comprehensive overview of anesthetic management strategies to mitigate the risk of perioperative respiratory adverse events in pediatric patients.
May guide pediatric anesthetic planning to limit respiratory events; leaves open prospective validation of specific strategies.
Perioperative respiratory adverse events are the most common cause of critical events in children undergoing anesthesia and surgery. While many risk factors remain unmodifiable, there are numerous anesthetic management decisions which can impact the incidence and impact of these events, especially in at-risk children. Ongoing research continues to improve our understanding of both the influence of risk factors and the effect of specific interventions. This review discusses anesthesia risk factors and outlines strategies to reduce the rate and impact of perioperative respiratory adverse events with a chronologic based inquiry into anesthetic management decisions through the perioperative period from premedication to postoperative disposition.
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