Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 141-151, May 2008

Outcomes of pediatric anesthesia

  • George M. Hoffman, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: George M. Hoffman, MD, Anesthesiology 735, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin; Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Improvement in anesthesia outcomes has derived from advances in safety science related to equipment, drugs, human factors analysis, professional standardization and organization, subspecialty care, and regionalization. Outcomes of pediatric anesthesia have improved, but universal outcome measures are lacking. Because of the limitations of small numbers, future improvement efforts will necessarily involve multiple disciplines, institutions, and regions, and will require sophisticated systems approaches.

Keywords: Pediatric anesthesia, Safety and quality, Cardiac arrest, Outcome

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PII: S1055-8586(08)00011-5

doi:10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.02.010

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 141-151, May 2008

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