Effect of Intraoperative Handovers of Anesthesia Care on Mortality, Readmission, or Postoperative Complications Among Adults: The HandiCAP Randomized Clinical Trial

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Among adults undergoing extended surgical procedures, there was no significant difference between the patients randomized to receive handover of anesthesia care from one clinician to another, compared with the no handover group, in the composite primary outcome of mortality, readmission, or serious postoperative complications within 30 days.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04016454.PMID:35665794 | DOI:10.1001/jama.2022.9451

Source: Pain Physician - June 6, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Melanie Meersch Raphael Weiss Mira K üllmar Lars Bergmann Astrid Thompson Leonore Griep Desiree Kusmierz Annika Buchholz Alexander Wolf Hartmuth Nowak Tim Rahmel Michael Adamzik Jan Gerrit Haaker Carina Goettker Matthias Gruendel Andre Hemping-Bovenkerk Source Type: research