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  • Title: [Unplanned hospitalization following day surgery in children].
    Author: Pöll JS, Prinsen JE.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 1990 Jun 02; 134(22):1089-91. PubMed ID: 2352561.
    Abstract:
    In a retrospective survey of 10,632 children (ASA class 1-2, age over 3 months, weight over 5 kg) it was investigated how many children were admitted to the hospital either immediately or within a week after day-care surgery under general anaesthesia and what the indication for admission was. 9,479 children were between 1 and 9 years old. The most prevalent procedures were adeno(tonsillec)tomy, tympanotomy, circumcision and herniorrhaphy. 103 children (0.97%) were admitted, 67 of them straight from the day-care ward. The most prevalent indication was haemorrhage after adeno(tonsillec)tomy or circumcision. From the admitted children 17 needed a reintervention under anaesthesia. Differences with data from the literature are discussed. The authors see no reason to reassess the indications for day-care surgery in children.
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