Reported anaesthetic complications during an 11-year period. A retrospective study

Autor: L. P. Wang, M. Hägerdal
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 36:234-240
ISSN: 1399-6576
0001-5172
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1992.tb03456.x
Popis: Retrospectively 120 anaesthetic complications with potential medicolegal consequences were reviewed. Seven deaths occurred. Eighty percent of the complications were potentially avoidable. Of the complications 4.4% resulted in major morbidity and 82.3% in intermediate morbidity. Dental injuries were reported with an annual frequency of six. The use of pulse oximetry and/or capnography could possibly have prevented 18% of all complications apart from dental injuries. Ten cases were reported to the National Swedish Board of Health and Welfare; four cases resulted in disciplinary consequences. The influence of human factors on the development of complications is stressed.
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