Mortality associated with anaesthesia: a qualitative analysis to identify risk factors

Mortality associated with anaesthesia: a qualitative analysis to identify risk factors.

From a prospectively defined cohort of patients who underwent either general, regional or combined anaesthesia from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 1997 (n = 869 483), all consecutive patients (n = 811) who died within 24 h or remained unintentionally comatose 24 h after anaesthesia were classified to determine a relationship with anaesthesia. These deaths (n = 119; 15%) were further analysed to id...

Assessment of Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Mortality in Preterm Infants

Background & Aims: Detection of maternal risk factors associated with neonatal mortality helps to identify high-risk infants and prevent neonatal death. It can also contribute to the design more effective prenatal care. This study was performed aiming to evaluate the maternal risk factors associated with mortality in preterm infants in Mashhad Ghaem Hospital, Iran, during 2009-2014. Methods: Th...

Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran

Background: Perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. This study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period at Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar. Our study population included all the cases of stillbirth and liv...

Child behaviour after anaesthesia: associated risk factors.

AIM To identify hospital care factors which are associated with problematic behaviours in children after hospitalization. METHOD A cohort of 340 children ages 2-13 was studied in connection with elective procedures which included anaesthesia. DATA COLLECTED sociodemographic, type of procedure, anaesthesia induction technique and premedication. Staff and parents assessed child anxiety at ind...

P-71: Risk Factors Associated with Womens