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May 1999
Guidelines for the Pediatric Perioperative Anesthesia Environment. American Academy of Pediatrics. Section on Anesthesiology.
Hackel A, Badgwell JM, Binding RR, Dahm LS, Dunbar BS, Fischer CG, Geiduschek JM, Gunter JB, Gutierrez-Mazzora JF, Kain Z, Liu L, Means L, Myer P, Morray JP, Polaner DM, Striker TW.
Pediatrics. 1999;103(2):512-5.
[ see abstract below ]
Last year, the American Society of Anesthesiology published Standards and Guidelines for the perioperative care of patients undergoing anesthesia. As a supplement to the ASA standard, the Quality Assurance Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology has developed recommendations for the facility-based components of programs which provide perioperative care for infants and children. This group is comprised of leaders in pediatric anesthesiology who provide general and regional anesthesia for pediatric patients in a wide variety of institutions nation-wide.
Overall, the guidelines articulate the importance of evidence-based proactive planning for requirements specific to pediatric patients. They emphasize identification of patients at increased risk of an adverse event because of age, surgical procedure and/or coexisting medical conditions. Facility-based issues were divided into two broad groups: those involving policies for the facility and medical staff and those involving the patient care units themselves.
This document is required reading for those with management responsibilities for perioperative care of pediatric patients!!!
Guidelines for the pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment. American Academy of Pediatrics. Section on Anesthesiology.
ABSTRACT
The American Academy of Pediatrics proposes the following guidelines for the pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment. Essential components are identified that make the perioperative environment satisfactory for the anesthesia care of infants and children. Such an environment promotes the safety and wellbeing of infants and children by reducing the risk for adverse events.
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