Possible decrease in mortality associated with anaesthesia. A comparison of two time periods in Massachusetts, USA. Closed Claims Study Committee

Possible decrease in mortality associated with anaesthesia. A comparison of two time periods in Massachusetts, USA. Closed Claims Study Committee

This paper compares mortality associated with anaesthesia in Massachusetts USA, during two periods of time separated by 13 years. The denominators in the calculation of the mortality rates are not precisely comparable but there appears to be approximately a thirteenfold decrease in the death rate af...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anaesthesia 1989-05, Vol.44 (5), p.432-433
1. Verfasser: Zeitlin, G L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anesthesia - mortality
Anesthesia Department, Hospital - standards
Anesthesia, General - mortality
Anesthesia, Spinal - mortality
Data Collection
Hospital Departments - standards
Humans
Malpractice
Massachusetts
Statistics as Topic
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:This paper compares mortality associated with anaesthesia in Massachusetts USA, during two periods of time separated by 13 years. The denominators in the calculation of the mortality rates are not precisely comparable but there appears to be approximately a thirteenfold decrease in the death rate after general anaesthesia and a tenfold decrease after spinal anaesthesia.
ISSN:0003-2409