• S. Afr. Med. J. · Sep 1992

    Peri-operative mortality in the anaesthetic service at Tygerberg Hospital.

    • A Coetzee and H du Toit.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Stellenbosch, Parowvallei, CP.
    • S. Afr. Med. J. 1992 Sep 1;82(3):176-8.

    AbstractThis study reports on the process of peer review of peri-operative mortality at Tygerberg Hospital. The peri-operative mortality rate for the past 3.5 years was 11.9/10,000. The departmental evaluation committee thought that 3.4/10,000 of these deaths were anaesthetic-related. In 2.3/10,000, the anaesthetic contributed to the death of the patient and in 10 cases (total case load = 94,945; i.e. 1.1/10,000) anaesthesia was responsible for the death of the patient. The majority of the peri-operative deaths (8.5/10,000) were caused by a combination of trauma and haemorrhagic shock.

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