title: Safe Anesthesia For Every Tot - The SAFETOTS initiative.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The term 'safe use of anesthesia in children is ill-defined and requires definition of and focus on the 'safe conduct of pediatric anesthesia'.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Safe Anesthesia For Every Tot initiative (www.safetots.org) has been set up during the last year to focus on the safe conduct of pediatric anesthesia. This initiative aims to provide guidance on markers of quality anesthesia care. The introduction and implementation of national regulations of 'who, where, when and how' are required and will result in an improved perioperative outcome in vulnerable children. The improvement of teaching, training, education and supervision of the safe conduct of pediatric anesthesia are the main goals of the safetots.org initiative.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This initiative addresses the well known perioperative risks in young children, perioperative causes for cerebral morbidity as well as gaps in regulations, teaching and research. Defining the 'who', 'where', 'when' and 'how' in this context provides the framework for the safe conduct of pediatric anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: aFaculty of Medicine, University of Zurich bDepartment of Anaesthesia, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland cDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva dDepartment of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Paediatric Section, Odense University Hospital eClinical Institute - Anaesthesiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark fSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Laszlo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vutskits
authors.forename: Tom G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Engelhardt
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000628:therapy*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow