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Deaths with dental anaesthetics
Author(s) -
Bourne J. G.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1970.tb00253.x
Subject(s) - medicine , local anaesthetic , general anaesthesia , general anaesthetic , anesthesia , dental surgeon , dentistry
SUMMARY Case summaries are given of 16 recent deaths in the dental chair, 15 of them associated with the administration of a general anaesthetic (given in eight cases by consultant anaesthetists) and one with a local analgesia. Contrary to what is generally supposed, deaths with dental analgesia are rarely due to errors made by the anaesthetist: the usual cause is the upright or semi‐upright position of the patient. Dental patients undergoing general anaesthesia should be treated lying down.