Adverse events in infants less than 6 months of age after ambulatory surgery and diagnostic imaging requiring anesthesia.

Joshua C Uffman; Stephani S Kim; Loan N Quan; Thomas Shelton; Ralph J Beltran; Kris R Jatana; Tendy Chiang; Joseph D Tobias

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Adverse events in infants less than 6 months of age after ambulatory surgery and diagnostic imaging requiring anesthesia.

August 10, 2022

Uffman JC, Kim SS, Quan LN, et al. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2022;7(4):e574.

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Pediatric patients are highly vulnerable to patient safety events in the hospital. This retrospective study of infants less than 6 months of age admitted for ambulatory surgery found that the recommended 2-hour postoperative monitoring did not affect patient safety.

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