Anesthesiology, V 123 • No 5 986 November 2015 A nesthesia and analgesia for childbirth have become remarkably safe and together account for fewer than one maternal death per million deliveries, representing a 75% decline from the corresponding rate in 1980.1,2 although maternal deaths from anesthesia are rare, anesthesiarelated complications persist. Based on data from 30 north american instit...

BACKGROUND Many orthopaedic surgical procedures can be performed with either regional or general anesthesia. We hypothesized that total hip arthroplasty with regional anesthesia is associated with less postoperative morbidity and mortality than total hip arthroplasty with general anesthesia. METHODS This retrospective propensity-matched cohort study utilizing the American College of Surgeons ...

Anesthesia-related complications are the sixth leading cause of pregnancy-related maternal mortality in the United States. Difficult or failed intubation following induction of general anesthesia for cesarean delivery remains the major contributory factor to anesthesia-related maternal complications. Although the use of general anesthesia has been declining in obstetric patients, it may still b...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Determine the incidence and characterize perioperative airway complications in patients who have undergone medialization thyroplasty (MT) and subsequently undergo procedures requiring anesthesia. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of post-MT anesthesia encounters in a large academic hospital. METHODS A series of post-MT patients was reviewed, identifying anesthesia enco...

Patients who had undergone inguinal herniorrhaphy with local, general, or spinal anesthesia were surveyed for satisfaction with the anesthesia. A review of complications was carried out for these same patients to determine comparative rates in the three anesthesia groups. Patients were stratified by age and concomitant medical illness. Satisfaction ratings were equal among the three groups. Com...