Yuki K, et al. - In this retrospective study, researchers sought to determine the incidence of adverse cardiovascular and respiratory adverse events as well as the risk factors for unscheduled hospital admission in children with congenital heart disease who underwent noncardiac procedures on an ambulatory basis in their institution. The reported unplanned hospital admission was 2.7%. In univariable analysis, performance of an echocardiogram within 6 mo of the procedure and procedures performed in radiology were shown to be related to postoperative admission. Overall, in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease and good functional status, ambulatory, noncomplex procedures can be performed with a relatively low unanticipated hospital admission rate.