Assessment of pre-anesthesia machine check and airway equipment preparedness: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Anesthesia Equipment malfunction is one of the most common factors contributing to intraoperative surgical patient morbidity and mortality. It is impossible to give anesthesia without proper anesthesia machine checks and airway equipment preparation. Therefore, all anesthesia professionals should make sure that the anesthetic machine and equipment are working correctly.

Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events Among Pediatric Surgical Patients in University Hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia; A Prospective Observational Study.

Introduction: Perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) are frequent among pediatrics surgical patients and are accountable for 3/4 of perioperative critical incidents and 1/3 of cardiac arrests.

Objective: Assess the prevalence and factors associated with PRAEs among pediatric surgical patients in University Hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Methodology: After ethical approval obtained prospective observational study was conducted among 210 pediatric surgical patients.