ENT one day surgery: critical analysis with the HFMEA method.

Objectives: Research shows that 51.4% of adverse events in hospitals occur in surgery and that 3-22% of surgical patients experience adverse events. The risk may be even higher when turnover is high and when patients are children, as is often the case in ear, nose and throat surgery.

Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in children with sleep-disordered breathing undergoing adenotonsillectomy.

Objectives: Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) asses the health status or health related quality of life from the patient's perspective. The aims of this study were to assess the effect of adenotonsillectomy on symptoms and daily functioning in children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) using an electronic questionnaire, and to determine if this is a feasible method to evaluate treatment outcome in this patient population.

Methods: The electronic questionnaire was administered to the parents of children undergoing adenotonsillectomy for SDB on the day of surgery (T0), and two weeks (T1) and six months (T2) after surgery.