[Unplanned hospitalization following day surgery in children].
In a retrospective survey of 10,632 children (ASA class 1-2, age over 3 months, weight over 5 kg) it was investigated how many children were admitted to the hospital either immediately or within a week after day-care surgery under general anaesthesia and what the indication for admission was. 9,479 children were between 1 and 9 years old. The most prevalent procedures were adeno(tonsillec)tomy, tympanotomy, circumcision and herniorrhaphy. 103 children (0.97%) were admitted, 67 of them straight from the day-care ward. The most prevalent indication was haemorrhage after adeno(tonsillec)tomy or circumcision. From the admitted children 17 needed a reintervention under anaesthesia. Differences with data from the literature are discussed. The authors see no reason to reassess the indications for day-care surgery in children.
Pöll
J S
JS
Juliana Kinderziekenhuis, afd. Dagverpleging, 's-Gravenhage.
Prinsen
J E
JE
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000293:Adolescent; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012086:Reoperation; D014068:Tonsillectomy
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