“…In the 1980s, other studies around the world showed that ICA ranged from 1 to 23 arrests/10,000 anesthesias while, in Brazil, in the years 1982---1984, the incidence of ICA was higher than the worldwide incidence, with 39:10,000 anesthesias. 7,9,10,13,23,24 This worldwide incidence was found in studies performed in developed countries, which included France, United States of America, Sweden and Netherlands. The French study, which presented with the highest ICA incidence among the developed countries, reported that the main anesthesia-related cause had an important relationship with medication use, which was in agreement with the main cause found in Brazil, which was anesthetic overdose.…”