Incidents and Accidents during Anesthesia in Scheduled and Emergency Surgery at the Gabriel Toure Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidents and accidents during anesthesia in surgery at the Gabriel TOURE hospital. Methodology: This was a descriptive prospective study of anesthetic incidents and accidents that took place in the anesthesia department of the Gabriel TOURE hospital on the operating sites of programs and surgical and gyneco-obstetric emergencies ranging from the 1st January to March 31, 2021. Our study focused on all patients who underwent emergency and scheduled anesthesia during the period. Included were all patients with at least one accident or incident, All patients who did not present accidents and incidents or who refused to participate in the study were not included. The data was collected on the survey sheets and analyzed using the EPI INFO 7 software. Data entry was made using Windows XP software. Results: Over a period of 03 months, we collected 741 patients operated on in the operating theaters of the Gabriel TOURE hospital, of which 100 patients presented accidents/incidents in scheduled and emergency surgery, i.e. a rate of 13.49%. Urgent surgery represents 15.23% of incidents or accidents. Conclusion: We were able to take stock of several elements related to our practice of anesthesia. One of the essential interests of this work was the comparison of a population of subjects having "been victims of an anesthesia accident to the whole population anesthetized in the same structures, by the same practitioners, over the same period of study”.