Perioperative Factors Impacting Surgical Risk and Outcomes in Children

Perioperative Factors Impacting Surgical Risk and Outcomes in Children

This prospective study will measure various factors in children coming in for ambulatory surgery and attempt to create a scoring system that would be able to predict post-operative outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pediatric patients aged 6-18 years old having ambulatory orthopedic surgery with or without planned postoperative admission.
• Patients need to be cooperative to under spirometry testing and reaction time measurement. If unable to perform, we will assess why they were not able (non-cooperative, inability, etc)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Spinal fusion