Why the study?
What are the incidences and risk factors of anaesthesia-related perioperative cardiac arrest?
Population
169,500 anaesthetics at the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
within 24 h postoperatively
Authors
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Incidence data from this retrospective European analysis should not change practice; leaves open prospective validation of risk factors.
What are the incidences and risk factors of anaesthesia-related perioperative cardiac arrest?
Pre-existing cardiomyopathy, ASA physical status ≥3, and emergency surgery are significant risk factors for perioperative cardiac arrest, which occurs at an incidence of 5.8 per 10,000 anaesthetics.
Höhn et al. (2017) studied this question.
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