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1 gru 2017 · How should we respond (clinically and through public policy) to the problem of childhood deaths after anesthesia for dental procedures?
Case report. A healthy 5-year-old boy attended the Department of Pediatric Dentistry of the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla, for routine restorative dental treatment. The child exhibited extreme anxiety at the initial visit and screening.
They detail the local as well as best practice and statutory guidance for child deaths: Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy and Childhood: Multi-agency guidelines for care and investigation. Royal College of Pathologists and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (Nov 2016). Available here.
11 cze 2022 · Christian Gordon and Derrick Fields look at photos of their son Owen Fields on May 11, 2022, in Charleston. Three year-old Owen died after he was put under general anesthesia for a dental...
23 cze 2016 · DISCUSSION: Children periodically die in dental offices due to complications of general anesthesia or intravenous sedation. Links to recent reports include the following: A 3-year-old girl dies in San Ramon, CA after a dental procedure in July 2016. A 14-month-old child, scheduled to have 2 cavities filled, dies in an Austin, TX dental office ...
9 sty 2019 · The child, Finley Boyle, stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest after she was administered sedative drugs during a procedure at Lilly Geyer’s Kailua dental office. The girl remained in a coma for a month before dying on Jan. 3, 2014, in a hospice.
There is no mandated reporting of adverse events or deaths, so we don't know how often these occur. In this article, we present a case of a death after dental anesthesia and ask experts to speculate on how to improve the quality and safety of both the prevention and treatment of ECC.
