Background The magnitude of risk of death related to surgery and anaesthesia is not well
understood. We aimed to assess whether the risk of perioperative and anaesthetic-related …

This systematic review of the Brazilian and worldwide literature aims to evaluate the
incidence and causes of perioperative and anesthesia-related mortality. Studies were …

Background. Disparate health care provider attitudes about autonomy, teamwork, and
administrative operations have added to the complexity of health care delivery and are a …

Background: The authors determined the incidence of car-diac arrest and predictors of
survival following perioperative cardiac arrest in a large population of patients at a tertiary …

BACKGROUND: Most anesthesiologists will experience at least one perioperative
catastrophe over the course of their careers. Very little, however, is known about the …

Background. Little information exists regarding factors influencing perioperative cardiac
arrests and their outcome. This survey evaluated the incidence, causes and outcome of …

This paper builds on and extends theory on team functioning in high-risk environments. We
examined 2 implicit coordination behaviors that tend to emerge autochthonously within high …

Patient safety is an activity to mitigate preventable patient harm that may occur during the
delivery of medical care. The European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA)/European Union of …

Using their quality improvement database from August 15, 1999, to December 31, 2009, the
authors identified all of the cases of cardiac arrest and submitted them for review by an …

Patients are harmed as a result of incidents. Both poor interdisciplinary communication and
teamwork are contributing factors to such events. The principles of crisis resource …