Major incidents and complications in otherwise healthy patients undergoing elective procedures: Results based on 1.37 million anaesthetic procedures

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-121

  Schiff, J H ^a,b   Welker, A ^c   Fohr, B ^d   Henn Beilharz, A ^a   Bothner, U ^e   Van Aken, H ^f   Schleppers, A ^g   Baldering, H J ^h   Heinrichs, W ^h  

^a KLINIKUM STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care   (Germany)

^h AQAI GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

complications; computerized anaesthesia; medical records systems; mortality; outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE DATA SET; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TACHYCARDIA; VERY ELDERLY;

COMPLICATIONS; COMPUTERIZED ANAESTHESIA; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84903985901     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu094     Document Type: Article

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