Abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: METHODS: RESULTS: Overall perioperative mortality was 14%; patients receiving regional anesthesia had a mortality of 5%, whereas those receiving general anesthesia had a mortality of 18%. This trend favored the use of regional anesthesia but was not statistically significant. A better predictor of outcome was the nature of the surgery (and presumably the surgical disease). Patients requiring major surgery had mortality of 24%, whereas those requiring minor surgery had mortality of 5% (P <.05). Patients in labor receiving regional anesthesia had a mortality rate of 24%, and most of these occurred several hours after delivery. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | John T Martin, Timothy J Tautz, Joseph F Antognini |
Journal | Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
(Reg Anesth Pain Med)
2002 Sep-Oct
Vol. 27
Issue 5
Pg. 509-13
ISSN: 1098-7339 [Print] England |
PMID | 12373701
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anesthesia, Conduction
(adverse effects, mortality)
- Anesthesia, General
(adverse effects, mortality)
- Eisenmenger Complex
(complications, mortality)
- Female
- Humans
- Minor Surgical Procedures
(mortality)
- Pregnancy
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
(mortality)
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