Micromorts:  How Risky Is It to Go Under Anesthesia?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2022-06-13

A micromort as a unit of comparing and communicating risk to patients equivalent to a one in a million chance of dying.

How dangerous are medical interventions in general? Surprisingly, we physicians are a leading cause of death. See Why Prevention Is Worth a Ton of Cure (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-prevention-is-worth-a-ton-of-cure/). To see How Doctors Responded to Being Named a Leading Killer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-doctors-responded-to-being-named-a-leading-killer/), check out the video.

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