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Forum Paediatric anaesthesia in a district general hospital
Author(s) -
Bowhay A. R.,
MorganHughes J. O.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb11165.x
Subject(s) - medicine , workload , general anaesthesia , general hospital , pediatrics , general anaesthetic , anesthesia , family medicine , emergency medicine , operating system , computer science
Summary Over 4000 general anaesthetics were administered during 1987 to children under the age of 13 years in the Norwich Health District. We have reviewed the 2938 anaesthetics performed in the Norfork and Norwich Hospital. Five hundred and fifty‐eight(19%) were undertaken in children aged less than 3 years; 24 of these were neonates. The implications of this workload are discussed, with reference to the more appropriate use of consultants with previous paediatric anaesthetic training, the training of junior staff and the policy for transfer of patients to specialised centres.