Unplanned Admissions to Hospital from Home of Children Treated in the Ambulatory Day Surgery Program at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Between 1992 and 1997
| Reason for admission | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992/93 | 1993/94 | 1994/95 | 1995/96 | 1996/97 | |
| Bleeding | 3 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Oozing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drowsiness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nausea and vomiting | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Rehydration | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradycardia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Apnea monitoring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laryngospasm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malignant hyperthermia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vomiting blood | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Refusal to drink | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cough, asthma, croup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wound infection | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Day surgery unit closed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antibiotic administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 18 |
| Total day surgery cases | 4949 | 5038 | 4977 | 4813 | 4720 |
| Admitted from day surgery, % | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |