Complex Information for Anesthesiologists Presented Quickly and Clearly
*Pregnancy-related mortality ratio due to anesthesia, maternal deaths per million live births. #Pregnancy-related mortality ratio due to anesthesia, maternal deaths per million maternities (live births, still births, pregnancy terminations, ectopic pregnancies, and abortions). ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists; C-section = cesarean section; GA = general anesthesia; Reg = regional.
Infographic created by Jonathan P. Wanderer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and James P. Rathmell, Brigham and Women’s Health Care/Harvard Medical School; illustration by Annemarie Johnson, Vivo Visuals. Address correspondence to Dr. Wanderer: jonathan.p.wanderer@vanderbilt.edu.