Key result
The implementation of anesthesia monitoring standards, originating in the 1980s, has contributed to an estimated anesthesia mortality rate of 1:400,000 in healthy patients.
Why the study?
The authors sought to chronicle the historical events surrounding the development of anesthesia monitoring standards initiated to reduce malpractice costs and risks, and to explore their global adoption.
Population
Principals who formulated original standards of patient monitoring, public domain documents, and primary source material
Design
Historical review and qualitative interview study
Authors
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Supports monitoring standards for low mortality in healthy patients; leaves open causal attribution from Level 4 evidence.
The establishment of anesthesia monitoring standards at Harvard in the 1980s led to worldwide adoption and a dramatic decrease in anesthesia-related mortality.
Pandya et al. (2020) conducted a review in Anesthesia. Anesthesia monitoring standards was evaluated on Mortality due to anesthesia in healthy patients. The implementation of anesthesia monitoring standards, originating in the 1980s, has contributed to an estimated anesthesia mortality rate of 1:400,000 in healthy patients.
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