Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
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To evaluate the anaesthetic death risk for dogs and cats in a French private practice. ⋯ Specific factors were associated with increased odds of anaesthetic death, especially poor health status. Efforts must be directed towards thorough preoperative patient evaluation and improvement of clinical conditions if possible. Identification of risk factors before anaesthesia should lead to increased surveillance by trained staff. This could result in better outcomes.