Failure to rescue, defined as mortality after a surgical complication, is a widely accepted
quality metric across many specialties and is becoming an important metric in cardiac …

Perioperative optimization of cardiac surgical patients is imperative to reduce complications,
utilize health care resources efficiently, and improve patient recovery and quality of life …

Background There has been increasing emphasis on evaluation of failure to rescue (FTR)
after major inpatient operations. The present study characterized center-level variation in …

Objective Use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has demonstrated dramatic
growth in the past decade. This study aims to investigate implications of post-TAVR …

Background Although adverse technical events during aortic root replacement (ARR) are not
uncommon and are extremely challenging, there is scant literature to help surgeons prepare …

Failure to rescue (FTR) is a standardized patient safety indicator (PSI-04) developed by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to assess the ability of a healthcare …

Objective The influence of socioeconomic determinants of health on failure to rescue
(mortality after a postoperative complication) after cardiac surgery is unknown. We …

OBJECTIVES Reports on gender-related differences in perioperative characteristics and the
outcome after surgery for type A acute aortic dissection are contradictory. METHODS …

Background Failure to rescue (FTR) is a new quality measure in The Society of Thoracic
Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. The STS defines FTR as death after …

Background Due to staffing changes at scheduled intervals and decreases in essential staff
in the evenings, late intensive care unit (ICU) arrivals may be at risk for suboptimal …