Dutch case‐control study of anaesthesia‐related morbidity and mortalityRationale and methods

To date, anaesthesia‐related mortality, morbidity and risk factors have almost exclusively been studied qualitatively rather than quantitatively. Therefore, knowledge of the relative risk associated with many anaesthesia‐related factors is still lacking. Recently, a quantitative study of the determinants and prevention of morbidity and mortality in anaesthesia was started in the Netherlands. Its objective is to study severe peri‐operative morbidity and mortality as a function of anaesthesia‐related risk factors. The study is designed as a case‐control study within a prospectively defined cohor... Mehr ...