title: [What is the role of anesthesia in perioperative morbidity and mortality?].
abstract: Recent surveys, especially in Britain and in Finland, have completed and updated a survey on anaesthesia-related morbidity and mortality that was carried out under the auspices of the French institute for health and medical research a decade ago. Severity of the patient's condition remains the key factor, along with the extent of surgery, while the improvement of safety conditions in anaesthesia through standards and recommendations is beginning to produce results.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Otteni
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D011997:Recovery Room / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Quelle est la place de l'anesthésie dans la morbidité et la mortalité périopératoires?