Presents a standardized procedure for investigating anesthetic and surgical deaths to accurately determine the cause of death.
May support standardized forensic review of perioperative deaths; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
A procedure for the investigation of surgical/anesthetic deaths is presented which allows for clearly defined jurisdictional assessment and correlates the autopsy and toxicological findings with the pathophysiology of the anesthetic/surgical event. This procedure facilitates an accurate certification of the cause of death in patients who die during surgery and anesthesia.
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