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Anaesthesia Impact on Surgical Mortality by Luis Cordova is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality (SASM) reviewed 44,230 deaths over 10 years to identify areas of concern related to anesthesia. The audit found that anesthesia factors were identified in 8% of deaths, with 43% related to pre-operative assessment issues. Anesthesia also played a role in 18% more deaths where decision making was shared with surgeons, 41% of which involved access to critical care. Communication failures around whether an operation should be performed or was unnecessary accounted for 2

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Luis Cordova

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EN