November 1, 1994The Medical Journal of Australia

Mortality associated with anaesthesia in New South Wales, 1984‐1990

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Population

Patients undergoing surgical procedures in New South Wales from 1984 to 1990.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

within 24 hours of anaesthesia

Authors

JWJohn C. WardenCastle Hill Hospital CBChristopher L BortonThe University of Sydney BHBrian HoranVerasci (United States)

Discussion

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Implication

Affirms low historical anaesthesia mortality; leaves open whether contemporary practice has further reduced risk.

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Population

Patients undergoing surgical procedures in New South Wales from 1984 to 1990 (3.5 million surgical procedures, 1503 deaths reviewed).

Intervention

Anaesthesia and surgical procedures

Outcome

Deaths under anaesthesia or within 24 hours of anaesthesia in which complete recovery from anaesthesia did not occurhard clinical

Anaesthesia-related mortality in New South Wales from 1984 to 1990 was 1 in 20,000 operations, showing a significant improvement compared to previous decades.

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Warden et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a709077febe604dd709560a https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1994.tb127636.x

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Mortality associated with anaesthesia in New South Wales, 1984‐1990

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Mortality associated with anaesthesia in New South Wales, 1984‐1990

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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