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Admissions to the intensive care unit after complications of anaesthetic techniques over 10 years
Author(s) -
COOPER A. L.,
LEIGH J. M.,
TRING I. C.
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2044.1989.tb09194.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , complication , intensive care , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery
Summary Fifty‐three patients were admitted in a 5‐year period to the intensive care unit as a result of a complication of an anaesthetic technique. These patients represented 1 in 1543 anaesthetics carried out in the District in the period and 2.0% of all admissions to the intensive care unit. The mortality rate was 17%. The complication was considered to be wholly or partially avoidable in 14 instances (26%). Five of these subjects died and two had a residual neurological deficit.