The STS Definition of Failure to Rescue should consider including Cardiac Arrest

CONCLUSIONS: Mortality after cardiac arrest is not completely captured by the STS definition of FTR, and represents an important source of potentially preventable mortality after cardiac surgery. Future quality improvement efforts using the STS definition of FTR should account for this.PMID:37271448 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.04.041

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - June 4, 2023 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Raymond J Strobel Emily Kaplan Andrew M Young Alex M Wisniewski Mickey S Ising Bakhtiar Chaudry Alan Speir Mohammed Quader J Hunter Mehaffey Jared Beller Nicholas R Teman Source Type: research