A D Kane, T M Cook, R A Armstrong, E Kursumovic, M T Davies, S Agarwal, J P Nolan, J H Smith, I K Moppett, F C Oglesby, L Cortes, C Taylor, J Cordingley, J Dorey, S J Finney, G Kunst, D N Lucas, G Nickols, R Mouton, B Patel, V J Pappachan, F Plaat, B R Scholefield, L Varney, J Soar
Complications and critical incidents arising during anaesthesia due to patient, surgical or anaesthetic factors, may cause harm themselves or progress to more severe events, including cardiac arrest or death. As part of the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, we studied a prospective national cohort of unselected patients. Anaesthetists recorded anonymous details of all cases undertaken over 4 days at their site through an online survey. Of 416 hospital sites invited to participate, 352 (85%) completed the survey...
January 2024: Anaesthesia