Unplanned Admissions to Hospital from 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 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 |
| Oozing | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Drowsiness | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nausea and vomiting | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Rehydration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pain | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Bradycardia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Apnea monitoring | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Laryngospasm | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malignant hyperthermia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Vomiting blood | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Refusal to drink | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cough, asthma, croup | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Wound infection | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day surgery unit closed | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Antibiotic administration | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 34 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 34 |
| Total | 124 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 70 |
| Total day surgery cases | 4949 | 5038 | 4977 | 4813 | 4720 |
| Admitted from care surgery, % | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |