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Critical incidents, including cardiac arrest, associated with pediatric anesthesia at a tertiary teaching children's

Ji-Hyun Lee1, Eun-Kyung Kim1, In-Kyung Song1

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Paediatric Anaesthesia
|February 21, 2016
PubMed

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Pediatric anesthesia critical incidents, primarily respiratory and cardiovascular, occurred in 229 cases. Human factors contributed to over half of these events, highlighting areas for improved patient safety in pediatric anesthesia.

Area of Science:

  • Anesthesiology
  • Pediatric Critical Care
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Critical incident analysis is vital for enhancing patient care quality and safety.
  • This study focuses on pediatric anesthesia-related critical incidents, including cardiac arrests, within a tertiary teaching children's hospital.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and analyze pediatric anesthesia-related critical incidents.
  • To investigate the causes and contributing factors of these critical incidents, including cardiac arrests.
  • To inform strategies for improving patient safety in pediatric anesthesia.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of all pediatric anesthesia-related critical incidents reported voluntarily between January 2008 and August 2013.
  • Definition of critical incidents included alterations in vital signs affecting patient management and human factor-related events leading to injury or accidents.
  • Exclusion of vital sign changes that resolved spontaneously.

Main Results:

  • A total of 229 critical incidents were reported from 49,373 anesthetic procedures over a 6-year period.
  • Respiratory system events were most frequent (55%), with tracheal tube issues being the primary cause (40.9%).
  • Cardiac arrest occurred in 42 cases (8.5 per 10,000 anesthetics), mainly due to cardiovascular problems (66.7%), with human factors contributing to 58.5% of all incidents.

Conclusions:

  • Despite advancements, numerous preventable factors contribute to critical incidents in pediatric anesthesia.
  • Addressing human factors and respiratory/cardiovascular events is crucial for enhancing pediatric anesthesia safety.
  • Continuous analysis of critical incidents is necessary to further improve patient outcomes.
Abstract

Keywords:
adverseanesthesiachildeventsintraoperative complicationsperioperative care

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