Complications and Failure to Rescue After Inpatient Pediatric Surgery

Objective: To describe the frequency and patterns of postoperative complications and FTR after inpatient pediatric surgical procedures and to evaluate the association between number of complications and FTR. Summary and Background: FTR, or a postoperative death after a complication, is currently a nationally endorsed quality measure for adults. Although it is a contributing factor to variation in mortality, relatively little is known about FTR after pediatric surgery. Methods: Cohort study of 200,554 patients within the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric database (2012–2016) who underwent a high (≥ 1%) or low (
Source: Annals of Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research