Severe obesity in children as an independent risk factor for perioperative respiratory adverse events during anaesthesia for minor non-airway surgery, a retrospective observational study

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to quantify grades of obesity and their independent effects on perioperative adverse events in children having ambulatory minor non-airway surgery. Methods: After obtaining ethics committee approval, we selected every tenth child aged 2 to 16 years who was ide...

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Main Authors: Kavitha Raghavan, Daphne Xin Ying Moo, Zihui Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105818802994