Incidence and causes of perioperative endotracheal reintubation in children: a review of 28,208 anesthetics.

Objectives/aim: To determine the incidence, risk factors, and causes of endotracheal reintubation in children and identify methods to reduce the occurrence.

Background: Reintubation during the perioperative period is a serious and potentially preventable adverse event that can result in significant morbidity.

Methods: A total of 28,208 anesthetics were delivered to pediatric patients at our institution between May 2006 and May 2009.

A retrospective cohort study of the association of anesthesia and hernia repair surgery with behavioral and developmental disorders in young children.

Recent animal studies have shown that commonly used anesthetic agents may have serious neurotoxic effects on the developing brain. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between surgery for hernia repair and the risk of behavioral and developmental disorders in young children. We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of children who were enrollees of the New York State Medicaid program.

Intraoperative reported adverse events in children.

Background: Significant intraprocedural adverse events (AE) are reported in children who receive anesthesia for procedures outside the Operating Rooms (NORA). No study, so far, has characterized AE in children who receive anesthesia in the operating rooms (ORA) and NORA when anesthesia care is provided by the same team in a consistent manner.

Objective/aim: We used the same patient-specific Quality Assurance questionnaires (QAs), to elucidate incidences of intraoperative reported AE for children receiving anesthesia in NORA and ORA locations.