Why the study?
What are the anaesthesia-related mortality rates in Western Australia between 1980 and 2002?
Population
Patients undergoing surgical procedures in Western Australia between 1980 and 2002
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1980-2002
Authors
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Supports anaesthesia safety emphasis; single-region observational data leaves generalizability open.
What are the anaesthesia-related mortality rates in Western Australia between 1980 and 2002?
Anaesthesia-related mortality in Western Australia has remained extremely low (< 1:50,000) since a decrease in the mid-1980s.
Gibbs et al. (2005) studied this question.
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