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

Authors

Sangeeta Kumaraswami, 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.
Shital Patel, Medical Advocate and Widow of Dr Henry Patel, Wilmington NC 28403, USA. Electronic address: srptrip@gmail.com.
James Tom, 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.
Rita Agarwal, Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: agarwalr@stanford.edu.

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1016/j.jclinane.2025.112072

Journal Title

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

First Page

112072

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

1-1-2026

Department

Anesthesiology

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Kumaraswami, S., Patel, S., Tom, J., & Agarwal, R. (2026). Why Do Deaths and Catastrophic Injury From Anesthesia in the Dental Office-Based Setting Still Occur?. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 108, 112072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2025.112072