Background. The incidence and impact of postoperative complications are poorly described.
Failure-to-rescue, the rate of death following complications, is an important quality measure …

Background: As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there
remains a need to understand the adverse effects of surgery and define appropriate levels of …

Objectives: To assess whether hospital rates of secondary complications could serve as a
performance benchmark and examine associations with mortality. Background: Failure to …

Background Aggregate and risk-stratified perioperative mortality rates (POMR) are well-
documented in high-income countries where surgical databases are common. In many low …

BACKGROUND: Attributing causes of postoperative mortality is challenging, as death may
be multifactorial. A better understanding of complications that occur in patients who die is …

Background Studies across healthcare systems have demonstrated between-hospital
variation in survival after an emergency laparotomy. We postulate that this variation can be …

Postoperative complications occur despite optimal perioperative care and are an important
driver of mortality after surgery. Failure to rescue, defined as death in a patient who has …

Objective: To examine the extent to which multiple, sequential complications impacts
variation in institutional postoperative mortality rates. Background: Failure to rescue (FTR) …

Background There is a need to increase access to surgical treatments in African countries,
but perioperative complications represent a major global health-care burden. There are few …

Importance Little empirical evidence exists on how a first (index) complication influences the
risk of specific subsequent secondary complications. Understanding these risks is important …