Anaesthesia and risk evidence table

Sprint National Anaesthesia Project 1 (SNAP1) – Patient-reported outcomes after anaesthesia

• A 2003 randomised study of 438 patients who were over 60 years old in Denmark. 
• A 1998 study of 1218 patients who were over 60 years old in Denmark (ISPOCD). 
• A 2011 review of the evidence. 
• 2016 Systematic review of the evidence, 8 studies which included 14,824 patients.
• 2016 Cochrane Database Systematic Review of the evidence, 39 studies which included 16,082 patients. 
• 2009 Review of the topic. 
• 2015 Review and discussion of the topic. 

Incidence and factors of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing thoracic and abdominal surgeries

• White E, Crosse MM. The aetiology and prevention of peri-operative corneal abrasions. Anaesth 1998;53:157–161.
• White E. Care of the eye during anaesthesia. Anaesth Inten Care 2004;5:302–303.
• Contractor S, Hardman JG. Injury during anaesthesia. CEACCP 2006;6(2):67–70.
• Roth S et al. Eye injuries after non ocular surgery: a study of 60,965 anaesthetics from 1988 to 1992. Anesthesiol 1996;85:1020–1027.
• Roth S. Perioperative visual loss: What do we know, what can we do. Br J Anaesth 2009;103(Suppl 1):i31–40.
• Lee LA et al. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Postoperative Visual Loss Registry: analysis of 93 spine surgery cases with postoperative visual loss. Anesthesiol 2006;105(4):652–659.
• Rupp-Montpetit K, Moody ML. Visual loss as a complication of non-ophthalmic surgery: a review of the literature. AANA Journal 2004;72(4):285–292.
• Roth S. Perioperative visual loss : what do we know, what can we do? Br J Anaesth 2009;103:i31–i40.

• Fischer B. Complications of Regional Anaesthesia. Anaesth Intens Care Med 2004;4:125–128.
• Auroy Y et al. Serious complications related to regional anaesthesia. Anaesthesiol 1997;87:479–486.
• Brull R et al. Neurological complications after regional anaesthesia: contemporary estimates of risk. Anesth Analg 2007;104(4):965–974.
• Neal JM et al. The Second ASRA Practice Advisory on Neurologic Complications Associated with Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine: Executive Summary. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2015;40:401–430.
• Barrington M et al. Preliminary Results of the Australasian Regional Anaesthesia Collaboration: A Prospective Audit of Over 7,000 Peripheral Nerve and Plexus Blocks. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009;34:534–541.
• Jeng CL et al. Complications of Peripheral Nerve Blocks. Br J Anaesth 2010;105(S1):97–107.
• Lam KK et al. Incidence and Etiology of Postoperative Neurological Symptoms after Peripheral Nerve Block: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2020;45:495–504.
• Lemke E et al. Neurological Injury Following Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Narrative Review of Risk Estimates and the Influence of Ultrasound Guidance. Reg Anesth Pain Med Published 2024;49(2):122–132 (Online First: 8 November 2023).

• Hua M, Brady J, Li G. The epidemiology of upper airway injury in patients undergoing major surgical procedures. Anesth Analg 2012;114(1):148–151. 
• Newland MC et al. Dental injury associated with anesthesia: a report of 161,687 anesthetics given over 14 years. J Clin Anesth 2007;19(5):339–345.