Anesthesia-related complications have decreased by more than half in four years, according to the Anesthesia Quality Institute's National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry.
The registry includes more than 3.2 million anesthesia cases. The registry results are being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2014 annual meeting.
The registry shows that the overall mortality rate held steady between 2010 and 2013. The percentage of adverse events related to anesthesia, however, decreased from 11.8 percent to 4.8 percent of procedures during that time period. The most common minor complication was postoperative nausea and vomiting, while the most common major complication was medication error.
"Our findings may be the result of changes in the demographics of practices submitting outcomes information to NACOR over time," said study coauthor and AQI executive director Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA. "It also could be that outcomes improved in the practices that participate in NACOR's data gathering."
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The registry includes more than 3.2 million anesthesia cases. The registry results are being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2014 annual meeting.
The registry shows that the overall mortality rate held steady between 2010 and 2013. The percentage of adverse events related to anesthesia, however, decreased from 11.8 percent to 4.8 percent of procedures during that time period. The most common minor complication was postoperative nausea and vomiting, while the most common major complication was medication error.
"Our findings may be the result of changes in the demographics of practices submitting outcomes information to NACOR over time," said study coauthor and AQI executive director Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA. "It also could be that outcomes improved in the practices that participate in NACOR's data gathering."
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