True or False: For cats, the risk of death under sedation is 0.12% and under GA is 0.26%.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not sure
• D. Cannot be determined

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that mortality risk is typically lower with sedation than with general anesthesia in cats. Sedation lightens the animal without fully suppressing airway reflexes or requiring deep systemic anesthesia, so the chances of dangerous respiratory or cardiovascular events are smaller. General anesthesia, on the other hand, involves deeper unconsciousness, often airway manipulation, and greater depression of respiration and circulation, which raises the risk of fatal complications. The given figures—0.12% death risk under sedation and 0.26% under GA—show sedation having about half the mortality risk of GA, which fits the expected pattern. Therefore the statement is true.