Patient physical status and physician judgment and skill were the two prime determinants of seven-day postanesthetic mortality, which occurred in 645 of 34,145 surgical patients.
Patient physical status and physician judgment and skill are the primary determinants of early postoperative mortality.
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Of 34,145 consecutive surgical patients who were attended by an anesthesiologist, 645 died within the first seven days. Two prime determinants of mortality emerged: 1) the physical status of the patient, and 2) the judgment and skill of the physicians. Mortality was highest in cardiovascular and bra
Marx et al. (Sun,) reported a other. Patient physical status and physician judgment and skill were the two prime determinants of seven-day postanesthetic mortality, which occurred in 645 of 34,145 surgical patients.