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In 1993 a postal survey of maternity hospitals within the UK was carried out to obtain
data on the types of anaesthesia used for caesarean section. The poor response rate
(79/226, 35%) reflects the paucity of data available in many centres. The data returned
indicated a wide range of anaesthetic practice: from units with a general anaesthesia
rate less than 10% to those with a general anaesthesia rate approaching 90%. Overall,
during the 11-year period covered by the survey there was a significant reduction
in the percentage use of general anaesthesia (77% in 1982 declining to 44% in 1992),
but because of a 51% increase in the caesarean section rate the real reduction in
the actual number of general anaesthetics used was modest (13%). If this holds true
nationally, then factors other than a simple change from general anaesthesia to regional
anaesthesia must contribute to the reduced maternal mortality from anaesthetic causes.
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