Perioperative Cardiac Arrest and Mortality

Perioperative cardiac arrest and mortality are the most important complications of anesthesia, surgery and all invasive procedures. A decrease in the incidence of perioperative mortality is observed in the course of years. This decline was evident in developed countries but not statistically significant in developing countries. The most risky age group in terms of perioperative mortality was the newborn, children under one year of age and geriatric patients. Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest is mostly due to airway problems and secondary reasons for anesthetic drugs. The aim of this review is to investigate the change pattern of perioperative and anesthesia induced cardiac arrests and mortality over the years and to evaluate the risk factors