Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Anesthetic deaths in a developing country.

Mueenullah Khan1, Fauzia A Khan

  • 1Dept. of Anaesthesia, Aga Khan Univ. Karachi, Pakistan. mueen.khan@aku.edu

Middle East Journal of Anaesthesiology
|May 22, 2007
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Non-academic challenges during anaesthesia training in a teaching hospital of a lower-middle income country: A qualitative analysis of resident interviews.

Anaesthesia and intensive care·2026
Same author

Surveying anesthesia care provision and deficiencies among the secondary public sector hospitals of rural Sindh, Pakistan.

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie·2025
Same author

Professional barriers experienced by South Asian women in academic anesthesia.

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie·2023
Same author

The Role of Preoperative Educational Intervention in Reducing Parental Anxiety.

Cureus·2022
Same author

Anesthesia Patient Safety: Next Steps to Improve Worldwide Perioperative Safety by 2030.

Anesthesia and analgesia·2022
Same author

First-Pass Success of Tracheal Intubation With Videolaryngoscopy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Registry-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Cureus·2022

Anesthesia contributed to 11% of perioperative deaths, with preventable factors identified. Mortality rates decreased significantly from 1992-2003, highlighting improvements in anesthetic safety.

Area of Science:

  • Anesthesiology
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Limited data exists on anesthesia-related mortality in developing countries.
  • Improving perioperative safety and quality of care necessitates understanding anesthesia's contribution to mortality.
  • This study addresses the data gap by examining anesthetic mortality in a university hospital in a developing nation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the incidence and causes of anesthesia-related mortality.
  • To identify factors contributing to perioperative deaths within 24 hours of anesthesia.
  • To compare findings with international studies from developed and developing countries.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of patient deaths within 24 hours of anesthesia from 1992-2003.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Data collected as part of departmental quality assurance.
  • Analysis included crude mortality, anesthesia's sole/partial responsibility, and contributing factors.

    • Main Results:

    • A crude mortality rate of 3.14 per 10,000 anesthetics was observed.
    • Anesthesia was solely responsible for 0.35 per 10,000 and partially responsible for 0.7 per 10,000 deaths.
    • Mortality decreased from 0.68 per 10,000 (1992-1998) to 0.18 per 10,000 (1999-2003).
    • Higher mortality was linked to advanced age, higher ASA status, emergency, and complex surgeries.
    • Preventable factors included human error, inadequate preparation/postoperative care, and lack of supervision.

    Conclusions:

    • Anesthesia's contribution to perioperative mortality is significant but potentially reducible.
    • Improvements in anesthetic safety were observed over the study period.
    • Addressing human factors, preparation, postoperative care, and supervision is crucial for reducing avoidable anesthetic deaths.