Key result
Among 745 deaths associated with anaesthesia in New South Wales between 1960 and 1968, 286 were assessed as being wholly or partly due to anaesthesia.
Observational (n=745)
Yes
A significant proportion of deaths associated with anaesthesia between 1960 and 1968 in New South Wales were deemed wholly or partly due to anaesthetic errors.
Anaesthesia-attributable deaths warrant systematic review; leaves open whether contemporary audits would yield similar proportions.
Deaths in association with anaesthesia for the State of New South Wales over a period from 1960 to 1968 have been investigated by a Special Committee. Of the total of 1,603 which occurred during this time, information has been obtained on 1,462, and of this total, 745 have been considered as sufficiently related to the anæsthetic to warrant detailed examination; 286 were finally assessed as having been wholly or partly due to anaesthesia. The patients, hospitals, anæsthetists and anæsthetics Involved in these deaths are discussed and the errors responsible for them examined
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A 1970 study conducted an observational in Deaths in association with anaesthesia (n=745). Anaesthesia was evaluated on Deaths wholly or partly due to anaesthesia. Among 745 deaths associated with anaesthesia in New South Wales between 1960 and 1968, 286 were assessed as being wholly or partly due to anaesthesia.
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