Risk Evaluation of General Anesthesia in Pediatric Skin Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Alhabeeb Bm, Mostafa Al‑Habib Ni, Ahmed El-Malky, Nasser Alhazmi Am, Alharthi Aa, Alobaid Oa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
05 social sciences Confounding 050401 social sciences methods Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Risk evaluation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0504 sociology Anesthesia Medicine General anaesthesia 030212 general & internal medicine Medical diagnosis business Complication Adverse effect Patient chart |
| Zdroj: | Asploro Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Case Reports. 2:106-114 |
| ISSN: | 2582-0370 |
| Popis: | Background: Use of general anaesthesia in outpatient invasive procedures has increased, especially in the field of dermatology. Being uncooperative, children often require general anaesthesia. Especially since surgical skin operations are painful and lengthy, dictating the use of general anaesthesia. Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety, significant adverse events, and the complication rates related to general anaesthesia, when used among pediatric population underwent skin surgeries. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in the form of randomly selected patient chart review, with a surgical code in the array of 8,539–16,782 for 2 years. We reviewed registers to document any unexpected admissions, adverse events or complications. Surgical outcomes and anaesthesia complications were reviewed by three anaesthesia consultants. We conducted Inter-rater reliability test analysis and per cent agreement to determine the level of agreement between raters. Results: A total of 211 procedures were reported for 211 patients with 19 diagnoses. No adverse events related to anesthesia were recognized in any of those selected patients, apart from minor complications noticed in twelve patients (P value |
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