Population
55,002 consecutive anesthetized patients undergoing surgical procedures at a 450-bed public tertiary…
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Cohort
Follow-up
Perioperative period
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Provides updated perioperative mortality data from one Brazilian tertiary center; leaves open whether national rates have declined.
In a Brazilian tertiary hospital, perioperative mortality was 16.0 per 10,000 anesthetics, driven entirely by patient disease and surgical factors with zero anesthesia-related deaths, highlighting the need for primary prevention and improved care for high-risk patients.
Pignaton et al. (2016) studied this question.
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