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The incidence of minor sequelae following anaesthesia in children
Author(s) -
SELBY I.R.,
RIGG J.D.,
FARAGHER B.,
MORGAN R.J.,
WATT T.C.,
MORRIS P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1996.tb00453.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , minor (academic) , political science , law , physics , optics
SUMMARY A survey was performed to estimate the incidence of the minor sequelae of anaesthesia in children. During an eight‐month period 266 children, aged five years and over, were personally interviewed by an anaesthetist following recovery from anaesthesia. At interview the child was questioned to ascertain any morbidity suffered and record was made of the operation performed and the anaesthetic administered. Data were then evaluated, using multivariate analysis, to identify risk factors for the more common sequelae. This study revealed a higher incidence of the minor sequelae of anaesthesia in children than had previously been reported. The three most common sequelae recorded were nausea (48.1%), vomiting (35.0%), and sore throat (31.4%).