Analysis of deaths related to anesthesia in the period 1996-2004 from closed claims registered by the Danish Patient Insurance Association

Lars Dahlgaard Hove; Jacob Steinmetz; Jens Krogh Christoffersen; Ann Møller; Jacob Nielsen; Henrik Schmidt

doi:10.1097/01.anes.0000264749.86145.e5

Analysis of deaths related to anesthesia in the period 1996-2004 from closed claims registered by the Danish Patient Insurance Association

Lars Dahlgaard Hove, Jacob Steinmetz, Jens Krogh Christoffersen, Ann Møller, Jacob Nielsen, Henrik Schmidt

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Abstract

Anesthesia is associated with complications, and some of them may be fatal. The authors investigated the circumstances under which deaths were associated with anesthesia. In Denmark, the specialty anesthesiology encompasses emergency medicine, chronic and acute pain medicine, anesthetic procedures, perioperative care medicine, and intensive care medicine.

Original language	English
Journal	Anesthesiology
Volume	106
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	675-80
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0003-3022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.anes.0000264749.86145.e5
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2007

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