Risk and safety of anaesthesia outside the operating room.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the risks and safety of anaesthesia performed outside the operating room.


RESULTS
Very little information and hard data are available. However, paediatric patients are often involved in complications, substandard care is often prominent and inadequate monitoring is often a contributory factor. The risk of complications is higher with nonoperating room anaesthesia than with anaesthesia inside the operating room.


CONCLUSIONS
There is an urgent need for good data on complications with anaesthesia outside the operating room.
Van de Velde
Marc
M
Department of Anaesthesiology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. marc.vandevelde@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Roofthooft
Eva
E
Kuypers
Marina
M
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms; D012307:Risk Factors