title: Risk of anaesthesia--a review.
abstract: Modern anaesthesia carries a definite although small risk. The risk from general and regional anaesthesia is reviewed, the causes explored, and preventive strategies discussed. Although anaesthesia may never be 100% safe, a knowledge of the risk and causes enables us to work towards this goal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Delilkan
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012306:Risk