Why the study?
What are the characteristics and frequencies of anaesthetic incidents in infants and children compared to adults?
Population
2000 anaesthetic incidents reported to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study, comprising 1790 adults, 151…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May inform targeted paediatric anaesthesia safety protocols; leaves open whether patterns differ from adults.
What are the characteristics and frequencies of anaesthetic incidents in infants and children compared to adults?
Respiratory and breathing circuit problems are the most common anaesthetic incidents in paediatric patients, and combined oximetry and capnography could detect nearly 90% of applicable problems.
Walt et al. (1993) studied this question.