Anesthesia, Outcomes, and Public Health: Changing Health Care While "Asleep". Issue 3 (1st May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Poeran, Jashvant; Mazumdar, Madhu; Memtsoudis, Stavros G.
• Is Part Of: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. Volume 39:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 192
• Page End: 194
• Publication Date: 2014-05-01
• Subjects: Conduction anesthesia -- Periodicals; Pain medicine -- Periodicals; 617.964
• DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000085
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1098-7339

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: More than 50 million surgical procedures are performed annually in the United States, with perioperative complications and related long-term adverse outcomes profoundly affecting the nation's health. A growing number of studies recognize that type of anesthesia, a main determinant of perioperative care, is associated with perioperative morbidity and mortality. Emerging data suggest, for example, that anesthesia may be a determinant of cancer recurrence after surgery. Further research is needed to elucidate the impact of anesthesia-related factors on short- and long-term health outcomes. Progress in this area of medicine and its public-health consequences will depend largely on the interest of the public, researchers, and health care policy makers.