Summary of Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC) reports

POMRC reports and other products published between 2011 and 2021

• 2021 –  Ninth report: Equity in outcomes following major trauma among hospitalised patients (PDF 1.2MB)
• 2021 –  Infographic summary and recommendations of the ninth report: Equity in outcomes following major trauma among hospitalised patients (PDF 200KB) 
• 2019 – Eighth report: Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 2.7MB) 
  This report analyses perioperative mortality between 2012 and 2017, particularly surgical outcomes for Māori following acute laparotomy.
• 2019 – Infographic summary and recommendations of the eighth report: Emergency laparotomy outcomes for Māori (PDF 254KB) 
• 2018 – Seventh report: Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 1.2MB) 
  This report includes hip fractures as a special topic.
  
• 2017  –  Sixth report:  Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 1.3MB) 
  This report considers two special topics: the relationship between perioperative mortality and socioeconomic deprivation (poverty); and perioperative mortality following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
• 2017 –  Infographic about  the relationship between poverty and deaths after surgery (PDF 133KB) 
  A summary of findings from POMRC’s sixth report.
• 2017 – Infographic about deaths after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair surgery (PDF 171KB) 
  A summary of the findings from POMRC’s sixth report.
• 2016   –  Fifth report: Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 956KB) 
  This report presents information on perioperative mortality during 2009–2013 for two new clinical areas: 30-day mortality following operations and procedures under general anaesthesia; and day-of-the-week mortality.
• 2015  –  Fourth report: Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 862KB) 
• 2014 – Third report: Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 1.1MB) 
• 2013 – Second report: Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 1.2MB)
• 2011 – First report: Perioperative mortality in New Zealand (PDF 1.1MB)