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Paediatric anaesthesia-related cardiac arrests occur at an incidence of 1.4-22 per 10,000 anaesthetics, with a subsequent mortality of approximately 30%.
Highlights the ongoing risk of anaesthesia-related cardiac arrest and mortality in pediatric populations, particularly in developing regions like South Africa.
It has long been recognised that anaesthesia-related complications, including anaesthesia-related cardiac arrest and mortality, occur more frequently in children, than in adults. 1 While outcomes have improved over the last couple of decades, most likely as a result of better training and improved monitoring, and notably the introduction of pulse oximetry and capnography in the 1990s, paediatric anaesthesia-related cardiac arrests still occur. The incidence is 1.4-22:10 000 anaesthetics, and a subsequent mortality of approximately 30%. The incidence varies by centre, 2-5 but is thought to be higher in South Africa as the studies in the literature derive either from the developed world, or from tertiary referral centres in the developing world.
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C-A. Lee (2012) conducted a review in Anaesthesia-related complications in children. Paediatric anaesthesia was evaluated on Anaesthesia-related cardiac arrests and mortality. Paediatric anaesthesia-related cardiac arrests occur at an incidence of 1.4-22 per 10,000 anaesthetics, with a subsequent mortality of approximately 30%.
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