APRICOT: Anaesthesia PRactice In Children Observational Trial

Launched by EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY · Jun 13, 2013

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ClinConnect Summary

Despite the introduction of better-structured programmes for paediatric anaesthesia training and the development of some recommendations for paediatric anaesthesia services, the incidence of severe critical events in children is still unknown in Europe. Considering that the major life-threatening complications following general or regional anaesthesia are uncommon, it is therefore crucial to consider a large multinational, multicentre trial in order to establish a realistic statistical estimation and identify the risk factors for severe critical events. Thus, this prospective observational ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age: from birth to 15 years included
• • All children admitted for an inpatient or outpatient procedure under general anaesthesia with or without regional analgesia or under regional anaesthesia alone. This includes all kind of surgeries and procedures requiring anaesthesia and analgesia to be performed such as central venous access, burn care, cast, etc.,
• • Children admitted for a diagnostic procedure under sedation (performed by an Anaesthetist) or general anaesthesia (such as endoscopy, radiology (CT-scan, MRI), cardiac catheterisation and electrophysiology, PET-scan, radiotherapy, lumbar and bone marrow puncture, biopsies), diagnostic procedure under general anaesthesia (such as endoscopy, radiology...)
• • Children admitted for urgent or emergency procedure performed in- or out-of-hours.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Children admitted directly from the intensive care units to the operating rooms
• • Anaesthesia procedures in the neonatal or paediatric intensive care units.
• • Age: All children aged ≥ 16 years.