Preventable mortality after common urological surgery: failing to rescue?

Jesse D. Sammon; Daniel Pucheril; Firas Abdollah; Briony Varda; Akshay Sood; Naeem Bhojani; Steven L. Chang; Simon P. Kim; Nedim Ruhotina; Marianne Schmid; Maxine Sun; Adam S. Kibel; Mani Menon; Marcus E. Semel; Quoc-Dien Trinh

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Preventable mortality after common urological surgery: failing to rescue?

September 3, 2014

Sammon JD, Pucheril D, Abdollah F, et al. BJU Int. 2015;115(4):666-674.

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This analysis of national hospital data found that while odds of overall mortality from urological surgery decreased, failure to rescue increased over time, with lower-income, older aged, and ethnic minority patients as predictors for higher risk. This work emphasizes the need to examine disparities in patient safety outcomes.

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