Risk of anaesthesia--a review.
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.
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Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
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D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012306:Risk