title: Anesthetic death.
abstract: Death due to anesthesia is a tragic paradox. The numbers about the frequency of anesthesia-related-death published in many reports have a relative value, as it is impossible to compare them one to another. A synoptic table of 20 important studies made on this subject, shows a great variation in figures concerning the incidence of death related to anesthesia. The most common causes of "anesthetic-death" are mentioned and some suggestions are made to decrease the frequency of death due to anesthesia.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000401:mortality*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000009:adverse effects; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000401:mortality; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000401:mortality; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012769:Shock / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics