Why the study?
General anaesthesia remains high risk with high morbidity and mortality in developing countries, but no study had determined general anaesthesia-related mortality in Butembo.
Population
921 patients who underwent surgery under general anaesthesia in two teaching hospitals of Butembo
Design
Retrospective analytic study
Authors
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High GA mortality in Butembo signals urgent safety gaps in limited-resource settings; leaves open the effect of targeted training and monitoring on outcomes.
General anaesthesia in this limited-resource setting is associated with a high perioperative mortality rate of 90 per 1,000, highlighting the urgent need for improved infrastructure, equipment, and trained personnel.
Pascal et al. (2020) studied this question.
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