Severity Grading of Unexpected Events in Pediatric Surgery
Severity Grading of Unexpected Events in Pediatric Surgery
Data on all patients who experienced unexpected events at the Department of Pediatric Surgery
 Hannover Medical School from 1st January 2017 to 30th November 2020 were documented
 prospectively. The department represents the only tertiary academic institution of the german
 province of Lower-Saxony (8 million inhabitants). The clinical spectrum of the department
 includes surgery of the neonate, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, thoracic and oncological
 surgery and pediatric urology.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  All patients with unexpected events during the in-hospital stay, in outpatient clinics
 and in the pediatric emergency department

 -  Informed consent was obtained from the legal guardian´s at admission

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  If no informed consent was obtained from the legal guardian´s at admission