Global safety in anaesthesia and surgery: Implications for anaesthesia in Pakistan

Fauzia Anis Khan

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Abstract

The Lancet Commission report in 2015 highlighted the role of safe surgery and anaesthesia. They also gave a framework of recommendations, indicators and targets to achieve universal access to safe surgery. This article explores the applicability of these indicators in Pakistan namely; access to timely surgery, specialist surgical workforce diversity, surgical volumes, perioperative mortality rate, protection against impoverishing expenditure and protection against catastrophic expenditure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2031-2035
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Volume70
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Anaesthesia
  • Indicators
  • Safety
  • Surgery

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