Why the study?
What proportion of deaths within 6 days of surgery are attributable to anaesthesia?
Population
197 anonymous reports of deaths within 6 days of anaesthesia received during 1981
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
within 6 days of anaesthesia
Authors
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Provides 1981 benchmark for anaesthesia-attributable deaths; leaves open whether contemporary safety measures have reduced this proportion.
What proportion of deaths within 6 days of surgery are attributable to anaesthesia?
A significant proportion of reported perioperative deaths (16% totally, 41% partly) were attributed to anaesthesia in this 1981 UK and Ireland cohort.
Lunn et al. (1983) studied this question.
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