Anesthesia-related mortality and morbidity over a 5-year period in 2,363,038 patients in Japan.

Y, Kawashima; S, Takahashi; M, Suzuki; K, Morita; K, Irita; Y, Iwao; N, Seo; K, Tsuzaki; S, Dohi; T, Kobayashi; Y, Goto; G, Suzuki; A, Fujii; H, Suzuki; K, Yokoyama; T, Kugimiya

doi:10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00166.x

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Anesthesia-related mortality and morbidity over a 5-year period in 2,363,038 patients in Japan.

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Kawashima Y

Takahashi S

Suzuki M

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>Statistical data of mortality and morbidity related to anesthesia have not been reported in Japan since World War II. The need to comprehensively examine the events of cardiac arrest as well as mortality prompted the first national study in Japan.<h4>Methods</h4>Confidential quest...

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