Variation in the definition of ‘failure to rescue’ from postoperative complications: a systematic review and recommendations for outcome reporting

Failure to rescue is the rate of death amongst patients with postoperative complications and has been proposed as a perioperative quality indicator. However, variation in its definition has limited comparisons between studies. We systematically reviewed all surgical literature reporting failure to rescue rates and examined variations in the definition of the ‘numerator,’ ‘denominator,’ and timing of failure to rescue measurement.

Source: Surgery - January 19, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Cameron I. Wells, Sameer Bhat, William Xu, Chris Varghese, Celia Keane, Wal Baraza, Greg O ’Grady, Chris Harmston, Ian P. Bissett Source Type: research