EVALUATION OF POSTOPERATIVE SURGICAL DEATHS IN ADULTS

Abstract

Audit of surgical mortality provides an overview of the leading causes of death in patients who require surgical care thus identifying system or process error and trends in deciency of care and it helps develop strategies to reduce deaths in the surgical arena. The basic aim of any surgical therapy is to cause reduction in morbidity and mortality rates. It is done by comparing the inuence on adverse outcome. The overall goals of the study were to determine the incidence of postoperative mortality at the tertiary care hospital and to identify risk factors for postoperative mortality. In effect this means collecting data on all patients treated including details of adverse outcomes such as deaths and complications. Evaluation of the data of postoperative surgical deaths in 144 patients from August 2018 to September 2020 is done. Study group with multiple comorbidities and undergoing major operations with more intraoperative and postoperative complications are prone for higher mortality