Background The relationship between the ability to recognize and respond to patient
deterioration (escalate care) and its role in preventing failure to rescue (FTR; mortality after a …

May 2014• Volume 118• Number 5 www. anesthesia-analgesia. org 1127 literature on
enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and from our own experience at University of …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

Aim This executive summary of the valvular heart disease guideline provides
recommendations for clinicians to diagnose and manage valvular heart disease as well as …

Importance Preserving functional capacity is a key element in the care continuum for
patients with esophagogastric cancer. Prehabilitation, a preoperative conditioning …

Background Reducing hospital-readmission rates is a clinical and policy priority, but little is
known about variation in rates of readmission after major surgery and whether these rates at …

Objectives: To critically assess centralization policies for highly specialized surgeries in
Europe and North America and propose recommendations. Background/Methods: Most …

Background Operating-room crises (eg, cardiac arrest and massive hemorrhage) are
common events in large hospitals but can be rare for individual clinicians. Successful …

Objective: To determine whether the relationship between hospital volume and mortality has
changed over time. Background: It is generally accepted that hospital volume is associated …

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the worldwide trends in surgical
techniques for esophageal cancer by comparing it to our previous survey from 2007. In …