75867 - PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT BY TRACKING PEDIATRIC TONSILLECTOMY OUTCOMES Author(s)

Introduction: One method of improving anesthesia practice may be to provide outcome data to individual anesthesiologists and groups of anesthesiologists, causing them to reflect on their own practices, as well as systemic factors in the perioperative environment. We undertook to evaluate a group of pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy and perform a detailed analysis of their perioperative experience and outcomes with the purpose of providing feedback to anesthesiologists on their own practice and those of their peers. The expectation was that this would provide a stimulus for personal educational objectives, and changes in practice to improve perioperative and postoperative outcomes for children.