What question did this study set out to answer?

To introduce the partnership between the WFSA and IARS and evaluate worldwide disparities in surgical and anesthesia safety to guide global health initiatives.

March 20, 2015Anesthesia & Analgesia

The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society, and Anesthesia & Analgesia

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Study design: Editorial. Population: Anesthesia and surgical care in low- and middle-income countries.

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Key result

The launch of a new Global Health section in Anesthesia & Analgesia highlights the urgent need for investment, research, and advocacy to improve safe anesthesia and surgical care globally.

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Editorial

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IWIsabeau WalkerMacula and Retina Institute SSSteven L. ShaferAstraZeneca (United Kingdom)

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Implication

Highlights the launch of a new Global Health section in Anesthesia & Analgesia and emphasizes the urgent need to address disparities in anesthesia safety and surgical access in low- and middle-income countries.

Key Points

To introduce the partnership between the WFSA and IARS and evaluate worldwide disparities in surgical and anesthesia safety to guide global health initiatives.
Narrative review and commentary examining historical affiliations, international health policy developments, and global perioperative outcomes.
Synthesis of published systematic review data on perioperative mortality spanning over 21.4 million patients alongside health facility infrastructure surveys across 22 low- and middle-income countries.
Anesthesia-attributable mortality has decreased over time in high Human Development Index (HDI) nations, but patients in low-HDI countries face a 3-fold higher risk of anesthesia death and double the risk of intraoperative cardiac arrest.
A survey of 590 healthcare facilities in 22 developing countries showed that 55% lacked reliable water, electricity, or oxygen, and 44% lacked a functioning anesthesia machine.
Countries spending under $100 annually per capita on health care accounted for nearly 35% of the global population but only 3.5% of worldwide surgical procedures.

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Anesthesia and surgical care in low- and middle-income countries

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WALKER et al. (2015) conducted an editorial in Anesthesia and surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. The launch of a new Global Health section in Anesthesia & Analgesia highlights the urgent need for investment, research, and advocacy to improve safe anesthesia and surgical care globally.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab4cc3418cf282cf54d1b02 https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000000639

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The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society, and Anesthesia & Analgesia

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