Why the study?
What is the incidence of anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in the perioperative period?
Population
217,365 anesthetics from a quality improvement database in the United States, identifying 160 perioperative…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
24 hours post-surgery
Authors
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Updated incidence informs perioperative risk assessment and quality improvement; leaves open identification of modifiable factors in larger cohorts.
What is the incidence of anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in the perioperative period?
Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest is a rare but serious event, with an incidence of 0.6-1.1 per 10,000 anesthetics and significant mortality.
Ellis et al. (2014) studied this question.
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