Adenotonsillectomy and postoperative respiratory adverse events: A retrospective study.

Objectives: Postoperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) are known complications following adenotonsillectomy (AT). Clinical data at a single institution were reviewed to investigate the factors that may contribute to PRAEs in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). The relationship between PRAEs in the PACU and escalation of care, defined as either an unplanned admission for outpatient surgery or unplanned pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission, was investigated.

Impact of coblation versus electrocautery on acute post-operative outcomes in pediatric tonsillectomy.

Objective: Based on previous studies in the pediatric population, it remains unclear whether there is a difference in postoperative pain between two widely used tonsillectomy techniques: coblation and bovie electrocautery. This large prospective study investigates whether postoperative pain scores differ between these two surgical techniques for tonsillectomy.

Methods: Prospective, non-randomized study of children aged 2-8 enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of single-dose intravenous acetaminophen for pain associated with adenotonsillectomy.

Population-based study of congenital heart disease and revisits after pediatric tonsillectomy.

Objective: Accurate assessment of risk factors such as congenital heart disease (CHD) can aid in risk stratification of children presenting for surgery. Risk stratification is especially important in tonsillectomy ± adenoidectomy (T/A), a common pediatric procedure that is usually performed electively, but that has a high rate of adverse events. In this study, we examined the association of CHD with revisits after T/A.

Predictors of Referral to a Pediatric Outpatient Chronic Pain Clinic.

Objectives: The main objectives of this study were to retrospectively characterize the rate of referrals to an outpatient chronic pain clinic among adolescents with chronic pain, and to identify factors associated with referral.

Materials And Methods: Adolescents, 13 to 18 years of age seen in 2010 to 2015 at outpatient clinics associated with Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) and diagnosed with chronic pain were included if they lived near NCH and had not been previously referred to the NCH outpatient chronic pain clinic. Subsequent referrals to the pain clinic were tracked through December 2017 using a quality improvement database.