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Mortality in Anesthesia: A Systematic Review

Overview of attention for article published in Clinics, October 2009
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Title
Mortality in Anesthesia: A Systematic Review
Published in
Clinics, October 2009
DOI 10.1590/s1807-59322009001000011
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Leandro Gobbo Braz, Danilo Gobbo Braz, Deyvid Santos da Cruz, Luciano Augusto Fernandes, Norma Sueli Pinheiro Módolo, José Reinaldo Cerqueira Braz

Abstract

This systematic review of the Brazilian and worldwide literature aims to evaluate the incidence and causes of perioperative and anesthesia-related mortality. Studies were identified by searching the Medline and Scielo databases, followed by a manual search for relevant articles. Our review includes studies published between 1954 and 2007. Each publication was reviewed to identify author(s), study period, data source, perioperative mortality rates, and anesthesia-related mortality rates. Thirty-three trials were assessed. Brazilian and worldwide studies demonstrated a similar decline in anesthesia-related mortality rates, which amounted to fewer than 1 death per 10,000 anesthetics in the past two decades. Perioperative mortality rates also decreased during this period, with fewer than 20 deaths per 10,000 anesthetics in developed countries. Brazilian studies showed higher perioperative mortality rates, from 19 to 51 deaths per 10,000 anesthetics. The majority of perioperative deaths occurred in neonates, children under one year, elderly patients, males, patients of ASA III physical status or poorer, emergency surgeries, during general anesthesia, and cardiac surgery followed by thoracic, vascular, gastroenterologic, pediatric and orthopedic surgeries. The main causes of anesthesia-related mortality were problems with airway management and cardiocirculatory events related to anesthesia and drug administration. Our systematic review of the literature shows that perioperative mortality rates are higher in Brazil than in developed countries, while anesthesia-related mortality rates are similar in Brazil and in developed countries. Most cases of anesthesia-related mortality are associated with cardiocirculatory and airway events. These data may be useful in developing strategies to prevent anesthesia-related deaths.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 3 2%
United States 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 174 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 26 15%
Student > Master 20 11%
Other 18 10%
Student > Bachelor 17 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 7%
Other 37 21%
Unknown 48 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 87 49%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 2%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 2%
Other 16 9%
Unknown 53 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 December 2023.
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#2,329,864
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Clinics
#87
of 1,215 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,561
of 106,411 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinics
#3
of 13 outputs
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