Pediatric anesthesia in China

Liu Zhang; Deying Xie; Bo Li; Dongxu Lei; Bo Zhu; Jing Hu; Jijian Zheng; Jianmin Zhang; Ying Xu; Yunxia Zuo; Xingrong Song

doi:10.1111/pan.14902

Pediatric anesthesia in China

Paediatr Anaesth. 2024 May 12. doi: 10.1111/pan.14902. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Liu Zhang¹, Deying Xie¹, Bo Li², Dongxu Lei³, Bo Zhu⁴, Jing Hu⁵, Jijian Zheng², Jianmin Zhang⁵, Ying Xu⁶, Yunxia Zuo¹, Xingrong Song³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Chongqing, China.

PMID: 38736282
DOI: 10.1111/pan.14902

Abstract

In China, healthcare has lagged relative to its economic boom during the past 40 years. While the top tier hospitals offer pediatric perioperative care like high-income countries, lower-tier hospitals deliver lesser services of variable quality and safety related to equipment, supplies, clinician education, and availability. The national residency training program and the pediatric anesthesia fellowship program was established in 2013 and 2018 respectively. Increasing clinician workload from patient demand and a lack of consistency in quality and capability between rural and urban areas remain challenging.

Keywords: AGE; EDUCATION; child; infant.

Publication types

Review