No standard outcome measures exist to evaluate the effect of interventions intended to
improve the quality of anesthesia care. The authors established a clinically practical
definition of outcome, and used it to assess the effect of feedback of information about
complications and the effect of pulse oximetry on the rate and severity of important
anesthesia-related problems encountered in the operating room (OR) and recovery room
(RR). On admission to the RR, the patient's anesthetist documented Recovery-Room-Impact …

Effects of Information Feedback and Pulse Oximetry on the In... : Survey of … Author
Information Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston Massachusetts …