title: Cardiac arrest in anesthetized children: recent advances and challenges for the future.
abstract: Over the past 50 years the incidence of anesthesia-related cardiac arrest has declined, despite increased patient co-morbidities, the most significant determinant of anesthetic risk. Multiple factors have contributed to this improvement including safer anesthetic agents, better monitoring devices and the development of a specialized pediatric environment. Provider skill has benefitted from improved training and recognition of high-risk situations. Further improvements will depend on international, multispecialty efforts to standardize terminology and analyze large numbers of these infrequent adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Perioperative Services, Phoenix Childrens Hospital, Valley Anesthesiology Consultants, Ltd., Phoenix, AZ 85253, USA. jmorray@cox.net
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Morray
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000639:trends; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D010372:Pediatrics; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012307:Risk Factors; D013038:Specialization; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics