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Importance of teamwork, communication and culture on failure-to-rescue in the elderly.

Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB. Br J Surg. 2016;103:e47-e51.

Failure-to-rescue is considered a potential contributing factor in the wide variations in surgical mortality rates. This review explored the evidence regarding the surgical mortality of older patients and found system factors that affected failure-to-rescue rates, including safety culture and access to technology. The authors suggest that teamwork and communication improvement can help reduce failure-to-rescue in this patient population.

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Preventable mortality after common urological surgery: failing to rescue?

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

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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Failure events in transition of care for surgical patients.

Helling TS, Martin LC, Martin M, Mitchell ME. J Am Coll Surg. 2014;218:723-731.

Wide variation in hospital surgical mortality rates have been attributed to failure to rescue patients when postoperative complications occur. This study identified the clinical factors associated with unplanned transfers to the intensive care unit after surgery and found that failure to detect severity of illness was one factor related to delays in escalating care when necessary.

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Using crew resource management and a 'read-and-do checklist' to reduce failure-to-rescue events on a step-down unit.

Young-Xu Y, Fore AM, Metcalf A, Payne K, Neily J, Sculli GL. Am J Nurs. 2013;113:51-57.

A teamwork training intervention for nurses on an intermediate care unit increased appropriate utilization of the rapid response team and reduced failure-to-rescue events at a Veterans Affairs hospital.

Journal Article > Commentary

Human cognition and the dynamics of failure to rescue: the Lewis Blackman case.

Acquaviva K, Haskell H, Johnson J. J Prof Nurs. 2013;29:95-101.

This commentary reviews the death of a patient to identify factors that contributed to the incident, including cognitive biases and poor communication between clinicians, and recommends strategies to address them.

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Rapid response teams and failure to rescue: one community's experience.

Hammer JA, Jones TL, Brown SA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:352-358.

This study found no association between rapid response team implementation and mortality from failure to rescue among hospitals in a large metropolitan area.

Journal Article > Commentary

Failure to rescue in neonatal care.

Gephart SM, McGrath JM, Effken JA. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011;25:275-282.

This commentary suggests numerous strategies to reduce the incidence of failure to rescue in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Journal Article > Review

A review of current and emerging approaches to address failure-to-rescue.

Taenzer AH, Pyke JB, McGrath SP. Anesthesiology. 2011;115:421-431.

Describing failure to rescue as a key area for improvement in patient safety, this piece reviews efforts to reduce its incidence, including rapid response teams and early warning scoring systems.

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Failure to rescue as a process measure to evaluate fetal safety during labor.

Beaulieu MJ. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009;34:18-23.

This study discovers that using selected failure to rescue process measures may help identify areas for improvement in perinatal care.

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Exploratory analyses of the "failure to rescue" measure: evaluation through medical record review.

Talsma A, Bahl V, Campbell DA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008;23:202-210.

The limitations of the failure to rescue measurement at identifying systemic problems in care delivery are discussed in this study.

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Failure-to-rescue: comparing definitions to measure quality of care.

Silber JH, Romano PS, Rosen AK, Wang Y, Even-Shoshan O, Volpp KG. Med Care. 2007;45:918-925.

This study examined the effectiveness of three different failure to rescue definitions in evaluating the quality of care among general surgery patients. The authors conclude that the original definition, which uses all deaths rather than specific complications or deaths, provides the best reliability and validity.

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Longitudinal analyses of nurse staffing and patient outcomes: more about failure to rescue.

Seago JA, Williamson A, Atwood C. J Nurs Adm. 2006;36:13-21.

The investigators analyzed the effect of nurse staffing on outcomes over a 4-year period. They found that an increase in nursing hours and staffing mix resulted in higher levels of patient satisfaction.

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