Impact of anesthetic handover on mortality and morbidity in cardiac surgery: a cohort study.

Christopher C C Hudson; Bernard McDonald; Jordan K C Hudson; Diem Tran; Munir Boodhwani

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Impact of anesthetic handover on mortality and morbidity in cardiac surgery: a cohort study.

January 28, 2015

Hudson CCC, McDonald B, Hudson JKC, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015;29(1):11-6.

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Communication failures at the time of patient handoffs have been frequently implicated in adverse events. In this single-center study, handoff of care between anesthesia teams during cardiovascular procedures was associated with markedly elevated rates of postoperative morbidity and mortality.

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