EPIDEMIOLOGY IN ANAESTHESIA II: FACTORS AFFECTING MORTALITY IN HOSPITAL

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1 August 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 54 (8) , 811-817
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/54.8.811

Abstract

The hospital mortality following 108 878 anaesthetics in Cardiff between 1972 and 1977 has been analysed. There was a total of 2391 deaths, giving a crude mortality rate of 2 2 per 100 patients. Data are presented on several important variables that influence mortality These include age, sex, preoperative clinical assessment score, preoperanve condition, site of operation, operation, whether elective or emergency and duration of anaesthesia

Keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY
MORTALITY
ANESTHETICS
HOSPITAL MORTALITY
PREOPERATIVE CARE

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Anesthesiology, 1941