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Paediatric anaesthesia in a district general hospital. 1989

A R Bowhay, and J O Morgan-Hughes

Anaesthetics Department, Norfolk Hospital, Norwich.

Over 4000 general anaesthetics were administered during 1987 to children under the age of 13 years in the Norwich Health District. We have reviewed the 2938 anaesthetics performed in the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Five hundred and fifty-eight (19%) were undertaken in children aged less than 3 years; 24 of these were neonates. The implications of this workload are discussed, with reference to the more appropriate use of consultants with previous paediatric anaesthetic training, the training of junior staff and the policy for transfer of patients to specialised centres.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D010372	Pediatrics	A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003625	Data Collection	Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.	Data Collection Methods,Dual Data Collection,Collection Method, Data,Collection Methods, Data,Collection, Data,Collection, Dual Data,Data Collection Method,Method, Data Collection,Methods, Data Collection
D004739	England	A part of Great Britain within the United Kingdom.
D006748	Hospital Departments	Major administrative divisions of the hospital.	Departments, Hospital,Department, Hospital,Hospital Department
D006767	Hospitals, District	Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area.	District Hospitals,District Hospital,Hospital, District
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man