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What are the different levels of risk associated with administering general anesthesia?
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∙ 13y ago
I: healthy patient II: patient with mild systemic disease without functional limitations III: patient with severe systemic disease with definite functional limitations IV: patient with severe systemic disease that is life-threatening
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∙ 13y agoThe risk appears to be somewhere between 1:1,000 and 1:100,000, with infants younger than age one and patients older than 70 being at greater risk.
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