Survey of 11-year anesthesia-related mortality and analysis of its associated factors in Taiwan

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica : Official Journal of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists
Tien-Chien LiuShung-Tai Ho

Abstract

In developed countries, the societies of anesthesiologists have published reports of anesthesia quality. However, there are still no publications on anesthesia quality in Taiwan, even though the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) was founded in 1956. This study was designed to evaluate the quality of anesthesia in Taiwan using databases maintained by the TSA and the Bureau of National Health Insurance-Taiwan (BNHI-T). The TSA published annual reports in 1995-1998 and 2002-2008 (with a 3-year interval), which included a survey on anesthesia-related mortality and morbidity, the manpower and composition of anesthesia teams, and the causes of anesthesia-related complications. Since 2002, the BNHI-T has collaborated with the National Health Research Institute-Taiwan to establish a database of health care service. To understand anesthesia quality in Taiwan, we collected data from the annual TSA surveys and the BNHI-T, and analyzed trends in anesthesia-related mortality, causes of anesthesia complications, and relative manpower composition. The rate of anesthesia-related mortality was 11.9 deaths/100,000 cases. More than 50% of all anesthesia-related complications were preventable. About 1500 anesthetic procedures were performe...Continue Reading

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Jul 21, 2010·Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica : Official Journal of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists·Tak-Yu Lee
Jan 1, 2014·Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan Yi Zhi·Ju-O WangShung-Tai Ho
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Aug 16, 2016·Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica : Official Journal of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists·James L ReynoldsYang Chen-Hsien
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