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Anaesthetic death
Name(s):
Anesthetic misadventure
Nature
Anaesthetic death may be due to an overdose of anaesthetic during surgery or to deprivation of oxygen while in anaesthesia.
Broader
Anaesthesia
Iatrogenic disease
Complications of childbirth
Perioperative death
Related
Accidental poisoning by local anaesthetic
Accidental poisoning by central nervous system drugs
Aggravated by
Asphyxia
Value(s)
Death
Type
(G) Very specific problems