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POST‐OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
Author(s) -
Wyllie G. G.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1959.tb03837.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , depression (economics) , anastomosis , pediatrics , electrolyte imbalance , surgery , macroeconomics , economics
Summary1 The greatest number of deaths in the series followed operations on newborn babies. 2 The common causes of fatal complications in the neonatal group were delay in treatment, respiratory depression, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, infection and defective intestinal anastomosis. Measures which may prevent these complications have been reviewed. 3 Deaths of older infants and children most commonly followed intussusception, appendicitis and post‐operative intestinal obstruction.