Aim: Review of early postoperative deaths in the surgical intensive care unit at CHU-Kara. Introduction: Surgery, one of the means of treatment of diseases, also presents risks for the patient, including early postoperative death linked to numerous risk factors. Methodology: This was a retrospective descriptive study conducted on the records of patients who died within 48 hours after surgery from November 1, 2019 to April 30, 2021. The study was conducted in the surgical intensive care unit and in the operating room. Results: Thirty-two early postoperative deaths or 2.22% out of 1442 operated with 30 deaths retained for the study. Male gender predominated (70%). The average age was 31.22 years. Farmers were more concerned (66.67%). The time to surgery was 1.6 days. ASA1 patients (40%) predominated followed by ASA IV (30%). 80% of patients were operated on as an emergency. Digestive pathologies 80% were more represented. General anaesthesia 86.66% was more practiced associating Propofol, Fentanyl, Ketamine and Atropine more frequently. The average duration of the procedures was 132.5 minutes. Intraoperative complications were associated with cardiac arrest and hemorrhage (33.34%). ASA class higher than 2, dirty surgery (46.67%), and delayed recovery (13.34%) were the incriminating risk factors. Death by hemodynamic shock and respiratory distress were the main causes 26.66%. Conclusion: Early postoperative mortality was high and involved all ages. Anesthesia and surgery, the low level of qualification of the intraoperative actors, the lesser intraoperative security; the association of anesthetic effects, the complexity of intraoperative lesions led to the increase of mortality. The combination of two or more factors was pejorative for the deaths.
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