An Evaluation of the Pediatric Operating Rooms and Pediatric Surgical Patients in Children's Hospital Seoul National University .
10.4097/kjae.1988.21.1.136
- Author:
Seong Deok KIM
1
;
Yong Chul KIM
;
Young Kyun CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Pediatric operating rooms;
Utilization rates
- MeSH:
Age Distribution;
Anesthesia, Inhalation;
Anesthetics;
Emergencies;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Neurosurgery;
Operating Rooms*;
Retrospective Studies;
Seoul*;
Surgery, Plastic;
Thoracic Surgery;
Urology
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1988;21(1):136-142
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A retrospective analysis was performed on 3,285 pediatric surgical patients in 8 operating rooms, at Children's Hospital, Seoul National University from February 1, 1986 to December 31, 1986. The results can be summarized as follows: 1) Departmental distribution of patients; Pediatric surgery 29%, thoracic surgery 20%, plastic surgery and ENT 10%, respectively. 2) Age distribution; Younger than 1yr 17%, preschool (2~5yr) 43%, 6~10 yr 26%, older than 10 yr 14%. 3) Male to female ration; 62%:38%. 4) Elective and emergency surgeries comprised 91.3% and 8.7%, respectively. Emergency pediatric surgery was the highest in number (15.5% of all pediatric surgeries). The average number of daily elective surgeries was 19.2. 5) Pediatric operating room utilization rates; neurosurgery 78.4%, urology 77.8%, thoracic surgery 72.4%, etc. 6) Primary anesthetics; General inhalation anesthesia was administered to 97.4% of all pediatric surgical patients.
