Safety of inpatient care in surgical settings: cohort study.
Duclos A, Frits ML, Iannaccone C, et al. Safety of inpatient care in surgical settings: cohort study. BMJ. 2024;387:e080480. doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-080480.
Despite decades of safety improvement efforts, surgical complications continue to occur. In this multicenter retrospective study of 1,009 surgical patients, 38% experienced an adverse event and 15.9% experienced a major adverse event. Nearly 60% of adverse events were deemed potentially preventable. Adverse events involved all types of healthcare professionals and all areas of perioperative care (e.g., operating room, ICU).