Complications per et postopératoires en anesthésie pédiatrique dans deux hôpitaux de la ville de Yaoundé.

To assess the intraoperative and postoperative complications in children in our context. Materials and methods: It was a prospective, descriptiveand analytic study carried out during a period of 5 months, in children aged from 0 to 15 years old, operatedin two hospitals in Yaoundé, which we had previously received the informed consent of parents to participate. The variables used were: age, sex, indication for surgery, ASA class, anesthesia's technique, intra and post-operative complications and outcome.We included 151 patients during the study period with 70.9% of boys with a sex ratio of 2.4 for males. The age group most represented age was that of 1 to 5 years (39.7%) with an average age of 4.4 years ± 4.5. The most represented surgical specialty was digestive surgery. The surgery was scheduled in 75 % of cases and the ASA class 1 was the most representedwith 61%. General anesthesia was used in 97% of cases. We had 33.1% of patients who developed at least one complicationand 46.1%. Intraoperative complications represented 77.8%. Respiratory complications were the most represented with 40%. Postoperative complications are cardiovascular and infectious. We recorded 12 deaths for a mortality rate of 7.9%. The factors associated with the occurrence of complications were age less than 1 year and the urgency of the surgery. The complications were frequent. The respiratory complications were most represented. The mortality rate remains high in our context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]