Admissions to the intensive care unit after complications of anaesthetic techniques over 10 years. 1. The first 5 years.
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.
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Intensive Care Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies