2 documents found, page 1 of 1
Critical Care Admission Following Elective Surgery Was Not Associated With Surv...
Kahan, BC; Koulenti, D; Arvaniti, K; Beavis, V; Campbell, D; Chan, M; Moreno, R; Pearse, RMPURPOSE: As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there is a need to define optimal levels of perioperative care. Our aim was to describe the relationship between the provision and use of critical care resources and postoperative mortality. METHODS: Planned analysis of data collected during an international 7-day cohort study of adults undergoing elective in-patient surgery. We used...
Point Prevalence of Surgical Checklist Use in Europe: Relationship with Hospita...
Jammer, I; Ahmad, T; Aldecoa, C; Koulenti, D; Goranović, T; Grigoras, I; Mazul-Sunko, B; Matos, R; Moreno, R; Sigurdsson, GH; Toft, P; Walder, BBACKGROUND: The prevalence of use of the World Health Organization surgical checklist is unknown. The clinical effectiveness of this intervention in improving postoperative outcomes is debated. METHODS: We undertook a retrospective analysis of data describing surgical checklist use from a 7 day cohort study of surgical outcomes in 28 European nations (European Surgical Outcomes Study, EuSOS). The analysis inclu...