A
50-year-old woman died during a kidney operation at a
private hospital in Patiala here on Sunday morning. Members of the
deceased’s family have alleged negligence. However, doctors said
the patient had died due to the cardiac arrest. The deceased, Shanti Devi, was
admitted to Janak Surgicare and Ankur Advanced Urology Centre for bilateral
kidney ailment on July 12. Shanti Devi, a resident of Ulaana village near
Ghanaur in Patiala, was earlier operated for kidney stone on July 13 and July
14. However, she died during another operation on Sunday morning,
said the police. Doctor Ankur Bansal from the hospital said: “The patient was
suffering from bilateral kidney ailment. She was operated on July 13 and July
14. However, when we were operating for the third time on Sunday morning, the
patient died during operation due to a cardiac arrest after
anaesthesia. (TOI, Tribune)
Overall
anesthesia-related mortality rates vary from two deaths per 10,000 anesthetics
administered to one death per 200,000 anesthetics. Standard American Society of
Anesthesiologists (ASA) monitors include pulse oximetry, electrocardiography
(ECG), a noninvasive blood pressure device, and temperature, as well as
integrated monitors on all anesthesia machines that generate alarms for
common and/or serious potential problems
Patients whose estimated risk
of death is less than 1% are labeled as being low risk and require no additional
cardiovascular testing. Higher-risk patients are those whose risk of death
is 1% or higher and these are the patients who may require additional
cardiovascular evaluation.
No surgery is risk
free.
While anesthesia has certainly
become safer now, other factors such as the surgery itself, age of the patient,
general condition of the patient, preexisting medical conditions, experience of
the surgeon increase the risk associated with a surgical procedure.
The risks of anesthesia
increase with high-risk patients.
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
Vice President CMAAO
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart Care Foundation of India
Immediate Past National President IMA
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