... can affect risk perception: for example, wide-spread media coverage of airline crashes increases public anxiety about the risks of ANAESTHESIA FOR THE HIGH RISK PATIENT 240Chap- 17. qxd 2/1/02 ... yearFigure 17. 1 — Risk ladder relating anaesthetic risks to everyday risks (reproduced with permissionfrom Ref. 10).Chap- 17. qxd 2/1/02 12:10 PM Page 245239 17 THE MEANING OF RISK • Risk is usually ... 106regional anaesthesia 65–66anticoagulants 66–68aspirin 67, 112coronary artery disease 1 37 elderly patients 74 , 111, 112intercurrent disease 72 74 stress response to surgery 71 , 174 – 175 see also...