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Table 4 Comparison of anesthesia assessments at the international level: data collected from the surveyed university hospital in Vietnam and examples of multi-center studies in other countries

From: Perception of anesthesia safety and postoperative symptoms of surgery patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a pioneering trial of postoperative care assessment in a developing nation

Studies compared

1. Country

2. Subjects

3. Study duration

Category of operations

Types of anesthesia

Assessment indicators

Data from study site

1. Vietnam (hospital statistics)

2. 13,429 subjects aged ≥15 years

3. One year in 2005

Abdominal 48%

ENT 18%

Urological 15%

Others 19%

(laparoscopic surgery 30%)

General anesthesia (GA) 57%

Major regional anesthesia (MRA) 22%

Others 21%

 

Examples of multi-center studies

1. Italy (162 hospitals) (Peduto et al. 2004) [22]

2. 12,263 subjects of all ages

3. One week

Abdominal and urological 29%

Obstetric-gynecological 20%

Orthopedic 14%

ENT 10%

Others 27%

Proportion of GA

 ENT 95%

 Gynecological 86%

 Abdominal 76%

 Urological 55%

1. Demographic items

2. Medical conditions including ASA

3. Perioperative complications and adverse effects

1. Italy (6 hospitals) (Capuzzo et al. 2007) [3]

2. 1,290 subjects aged >18 years

3. Three months

Minor surgery 38%

Moderate surgery 35%

Major surgery 27%

GA 53%

MRA 33%

GA and MRA 14%

1. Sociodemographic items

2. Medical condition including ASA

3. Provision of anesthesia service

4. Mental condition of staff

5. Patient satisfaction

1. Thailand (20 hospitals) (Charuluxananan et al. 2005) [23, 24]

2. 163,403 subjects of all ages

3. One year

Abdominal 25%

Extremities 22%

Cesarean section 10%

Perineal-anal 6%

Others 37%

GA 68%

MRA 28%

Others 4%

(97% of GA is not combined with other anesthesia)

1. Demographic items

2. Medical conditions including ASA

3. Perioperative complications and adverse effects

4. Types of staffs and equipments

1. Hong Kong (6 hospitals) (Lau et al. 2001) [11]

2. 18,759 subjects of all ages

3. Two months

Major surgery 45%

Intermediate surgery 29%,

Minor surgery 26%

GA 72%

MRA 19%

GA and MRA 7%

Others 2%

1. Demographic items

2. Medical condition including ASA

3. Perioperative complications and adverse effects

1. Japan (467 hospitals) (Kawashima et. al. 1999) [25]

2. 793,847 subjects of all ages

3. One year

Laparotomy 32%

Extremities 16%

Head–neck–ENT 14%

Others 38%

GA 51%

GA and MRA 31%

MRA 17%

Others 1%

Anesthesia related mortality and morbidity by

 1. Principle cause

 2. Demographic items

 3. Medical condition including ASA

 4. Surgical site and anesthetic methods

  1. ENT Ear, nose, throat