Korean J Anesthesiol.  1988 Feb;21(1):136-142. 10.4097/kjae.1988.21.1.136.

An Evaluation of the Pediatric Operating Rooms and Pediatric Surgical Patients in Children's Hospital Seoul National University

• Kim SD
• Kim YC
• Chung YK

• KMID: 2239495
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1988.21.1.136

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.

Keyword

Pediatric operating rooms; Utilization rates

MeSH Terms

Age Distribution
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Anesthetics
Emergencies
Female
Humans
Male
Neurosurgery
Operating Rooms*
Retrospective Studies
Seoul*
Surgery, Plastic
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
Anesthetics