Neuraxial anesthesia for the prevention of postoperative mortality and major morbidity: an overview of cochrane systematic reviews.

BACKGROUND:This analysis summarized Cochrane reviews that assess the effects of neuraxial anesthesia on perioperative rates of death, chest infections, and myocardial infarction.METHODS:A search was performed in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews on July 13, 2012. We have included all Cochr