Anaesthesia

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	696175
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 03/12/2020
Definition:	A technique used to introduce an agent to produce a state of reduced or absence of sensation to a female for the operative or instrumental delivery of the baby.
Context:	Perinatal

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Perinatal Data Development Committee
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Anaesthesia ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016 Has been superseded by Anaesthesia during birth event Health, Standard 03/12/2020 See also Analgesia Health, Superseded 03/12/2020
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered, code N[N] Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Perinatal NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 20/11/2019 Perinatal NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Perinatal NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Perinatal NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Type of birth anaesthesia administered code N[N] Health, Superseded 03/12/2020