Table 3.

Complications associated with AT in children

Onset	Description
Immediate	•Trauma or burn (secondary to surgical technique or airway device ignition) to eyes, lips, teeth, mandible, temporomandibular joint, cervical vertebra, tongue, uvula, soft palate, pharynx, carotid artery and larynx •Compression or dislodgement of airway device •Bleeding at surgical site
Intermediate (PACU ≤24 h)	•Emergence delirium •Pain, including referred otalgia •Major respiratory event, including post-obstructive pulmonary oedema and aspiration •Nausea and/or vomiting •Primary bleeding (caused by surgical technique), including need for blood transfusion •Death secondary to PRAE and/or bleeding
Delayed (>24 h)	•Pain, including referred otalgia •Nausea or vomiting •Dehydration, delayed feeding, or fever •Secondary bleeding (caused by wound healing), including need for blood transfusion up to 2 weeks •Speech disorders (e.g. velopharyngeal incompetence) •Injury to hypoglossal, glossopharyngeal, or vagal nerve resulting in transient or permanent dysphagia or altered taste •Persistent or recurrent OSA/oSDB •Tonsil regrowth or recurrent tonsillitis •Nasopharyngeal stenosis •Neck infection •Internal jugular vein thrombosis •Death secondary to PRAE and/or bleeding

PACU, post anesthesia care unit; PRAE, perioperative respiratory adverse event; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; oSDB, obstructive sleep disordered breathing.