The role of the anesthesiologist in perioperative patient safety

J Wacker, S Staender - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The role of the anesthesiologist in perioperative patient sa... : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology The role of the anesthesiologist in perioperative patient safety : Current Opinion …

Comparative effectiveness of robot-assisted and open radical prostatectomy in the postdissemination era

G Gandaglia, JD Sammon, SL Chang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Given the lack of randomized trials comparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
(RARP) and open radical prostatectomy (ORP), we sought to re-examine the outcomes of …

Inclusion of sarcopenia outperforms the modified frailty index in predicting 1-year mortality among 1,326 patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery for a malignant …

S Buettner, D Wagner, Y Kim, GA Margonis… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Although it is a useful metric for preoperative risk stratification, frailty can be
difficult to identify in patients before surgery. We sought to develop a preoperative frailty-risk …

Identification of patients with postoperative complications who are at risk for failure to rescue

VA Ferraris, M Bolanos, JT Martin, A Mahan… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A minority of patients who experience postoperative complications die (failure to
rescue). Understanding the preoperative factors that lead to failure to rescue helps surgeons …

Sarcopenia, as assessed by psoas cross-sectional area, is predictive of adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery

SJG Richards, SC Senadeera… - Diseases of the Colon & …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Frailty and sarcopenia are important concepts in surgical practice because
of their association with adverse postoperative outcomes. Radiologically assessed psoas …

[PDF][PDF] Anuário da segurança assistencial hospitalar no Brasil

RC Couto, TMG Pedrosa, BAD Roberto… - Belo Horizonte: Instituto …, 2017 - iess.org.br
Neste anuário adotamos as seguintes definições de termos: a. Erro assistencial: ato em
geral não intencional ou omissão (LEAPE, 1994) ou uma ação planejada de assistência …

Burden of geriatric events among older adults undergoing major cancer surgery

HJ Tan, D Saliba, L Kwan, AA Moore… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Most malignancies are diagnosed in older adults who are potentially susceptible to
aging-related health conditions; however, the manifestation of geriatric syndromes during …

Pre‐operative frailty is predictive of adverse post‐operative outcomes in colorectal cancer patients

SJG Richards, TJ Cherry, FA Frizelle… - ANZ journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background An increasing number of elderly patients are presenting for elective surgery.
Pre‐operative risk assessment in this population is inexact due to the complex interplay …

Failure-to-rescue in thoracic surgery

F Farjah - Thoracic Surgery Clinics, 2017 - thoracic.theclinics.com
Variation in the safety and effectiveness of care has led to a sustained interest in improving
the quality of thoracic surgical care. 1–7 Using Avedis Donabedian's framework of outcome …

Analyzing risk factors for morbidity and mortality after lung resection for lung cancer using the NSQIP database

RA Jean, MR DeLuzio, AI Kraev, G Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Our goal was to develop a predictive model that identifies how preoperative risk
factors and perioperative complications lead to mortality after anatomic pulmonary …