ArticleDeutsches Arzteblatt international2011
Is anesthesia dangerous?
Article in Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2014Pooled it
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- Effect of flipped classroom to anesthesia crisis management simulation education: a quasi-experimental study.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Real-Time Ultrasound/MRI Fusion for Suprasacral Parallel Shift Approach to Lumbosacral Plexus Blockade and Analysis of Injectate Spread: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial.BioMed research international · 2017Trial
- Influence of Comprehensive Pre-Anaesthetic Assessment on ASA Classification and Surgical Cancellations in Dogs and Cats: A Retrospective Observational Study.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Impact of anesthesia type on postoperative pain and outcomes in primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a retrospective register analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Article
- Inter-observer agreement in classifying anesthetic deaths in cats and dogs.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Nonoperative Management of Gartland Type II Supracondylar Humeral Fractures: A Comprehensive Review.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Correlation between the Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation score and bispectral index in patients receiving propofol titration during general anesthesia induction.Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2025Article
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- [Developments in anesthesia : Thinking outside the box is worthwhile!]Die Anaesthesiologie · 2024Article
- Risk assessment in equine anesthesia: a first evaluation of the usability, utility and predictivity of the two-part CHARIOT.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- [Rare diseases in anesthesia : Knowledge mining and core points of perioperative anesthesiological care].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2023Article
- Mortality Rate in Breast Implant Surgery: Is an Additional Procedure Worthwhile to Mitigate BIA-ALCL Risk?Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2023Review
- The Safety Profile of General and Local Anaesthetic Agents: Data Collected during 20 Years of Spontaneous Reporting Activities in the Campania Region (Southern Italy).Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Effects of General Anaesthesia and Light on Behavioural Rhythms and GABAClocks & sleep · 2021Article
- [Forms of anesthesia in ophthalmology].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2021Article
- Safety and effectiveness of percutaneous renal cryoablation with conscious sedation.Arab journal of urology · 2020Article
- [Who benefits from medical technical innovations? : A medical and medical economic analysis using the example of lumbar disc surgery].Der Orthopade · 2020Article
- The Future of Critical Care Lies in Quality Improvement and Education.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecent years have seen a rise in overall anesthesia-related mortality.
methodSelective review of the literature.
resultsAnesthesia-related mortality has fallen from 6.4/10 000 in the 1940s to 0.4/100 000 at present, largely because of the introduction of safety standards and improved training. The current figure of 0.4/100 000 applies to patients without major systemic disease; mortality is higher among patients with severe accompanying illnesses, yet in this group, too, perioperative mortality can be reduced by appropriate anesthetic management. Moreover, the use of regional anesthesia can also improve the outcome of major surgery.
conclusionA recent increase in the percentage of older and multimorbid patients among persons undergoing surgery, along with the advent of newer types of operation that would have been unthinkable in the past, has led to an apparent rise in anesthesia-associated mortality, even though the quality of anesthesiological care is no worse now than in the past. On the contrary, in recent years, better anesthetic management has evidently played an important role in improving surgical outcomes.
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