Why Do Deaths and Catastrophic Injury From Anesthesia in the Dental Office-Based Setting Still Occur?

Affiliations

• ¹ Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Anesthesiology, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. Electronic address: Sangeeta.kumaraswami@wmchealth.org.
• ² Medical Advocate and Widow of Dr Henry Patel, Wilmington NC 28403, USA. Electronic address: srptrip@gmail.com.
• ³ Interim Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA. Electronic address: jtom@ostrow.usc.edu.
• ⁴ Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: agarwalr@stanford.edu.