A restrospective analysis of adverse events during peri-anesthesia period in patients scheduled for thoracic surgery / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

From August 2006 to June 2011 among consecutive 18 294 patients underwent thoracic surgery from Shanghai Chest Hospital,41 developed adverse events during peri-anesthesia period and the incidence was 0.224％,and the constituent ratios of the predictable and unpredictable events were 15％ and 85％,respectively.Cardiac arrest and massive hemorrhage were the main clinical manifestation of the adverse events and the constituent ratios were 37％ and 24％,respectively.Among the inducements for adverse events,patient's factor,surgical factor,anesthesia factor,patient-surgery factor,patient-anesthesia factor and patient-surgery-anesthesia factor accounted for 12.2％,48.8％,12.2％,7.3％,7.3％ and 12.2％,respectively.The ratio of death from adverse events was 17％ (7 cases),and among the inducements for adverse events causing death,surgical factor,patient-surgery factor and patient-surgery-anesthesia factor accounted for 43％,43％ and 14％,respectively.The incidence of adverse events was 1.093％ in the patients underwent operation on trachea,which was significantly higher than that in the patients underwent operation on lung (0.223％),mediastinum (0.236％) and esophagus (0.194％).In conclusion,although the adverse events which occurred during peri-anesthesia period in the patients underwent thoracic surgery were rare,they threatened the safety of patients.Surgical factor was not only the main inducement,but also the risk factor for death,and cardiac arrest and massive hemorrhage were the main clinical manifestation of the surgery-related adverse events.For cardiac arrest,as long as it was found in time and treated appropriately,the serious consequences could be avoided.For massive hemorrhage,more attention should be paid due to be the main reason of death,and the prevention depended on the surgeon's improvement of diagnosis and surgery.It was difficult to predict patient-related the adverse events and careful monitoring was required.For the anesthesia-related adverse events,they were mostly due to the poor airway management,so preoperative airway assessment should be strengthened.