Patient physical status and physician judgment and skill were the two prime determinants of seven-day postanesthetic mortality, which occurred in 645 of 34,145 surgical patients.
Patient physical status and physician judgment and skill are the primary determinants of early postoperative mortality.
Of 34,145 consecutive surgical patients who were attended by an anesthesiologist, 645 died within the first seven days. Two prime determinants of mortality emerged: 1) the physical status of the patient, and 2) the judgment and skill of the physicians. Mortality was highest in cardiovascular and bra
Marx et al. (1973) studied this question. Patient physical status and physician judgment and skill were the two prime determinants of seven-day postanesthetic mortality, which occurred in 645 of 34,145 surgical patients.