: Compared with general anesthesia , neuraxial anesthesia may reduce the 0-to-30-day mortality for patients undergoing a surgery with an intermediate-to-high cardiac risk ( level of evidence moderate ) .
BACKGROUND : This analysis summarized Cochrane review s that assess the effects of neuraxial anesthesia on perioperative rates of death , chest infections , and myocardial infa rct ion .
Long-term outcome after repair of fractured neck of femur. Comparison of subarachnoid and general anaesthesia.
One hundred and forty-eight patients undergoing " pin- and -plate " repair of fractured neck of femur received either subarachnoid blockade or general anaesthesia .  The patients were followed up for 1 year after surgery . At the end of the year , 34 % had died and 50 % had returned home . Twelve per cent were either in hospital or in institutional care ; 4 % were lost to follow up . The mean duration of acute plus convalescent hospital bed occupancy was 84.4 days . There was a significantly lower mortality in the subarachnoid anaesthetic group by 14 days after surgery . The majority of the deaths in the general anaesthetic group were clustered between 6 and 16 days . However , at the end of 2 months the mortality rates were similar in both groups . It is conceivable that the difference in the distribution of deaths between the groups was a result of thrombo-embolism
: Compared with general anesthesia , neuraxial anesthesia may reduce the 0-to-30-day mortality for patients undergoing a surgery with an intermediate-to-high cardiac risk ( level of evidence moderate ) .
BACKGROUND : This analysis summarized Cochrane review s that assess the effects of neuraxial anesthesia on perioperative rates of death , chest infections , and myocardial infa rct ion .