Hospital variations in failure to rescue after abdominal surgery: a nationwide, retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to determine hospital variation and intensive care unit characteristics associated with failure to rescue after abdominal surgery in Norway.

Design

A nationwide retrospective observational study.

Setting

All 52 hospitals in Norway performing elective and acute abdominal surgery.

Participants

All 598 736 patients undergoing emergency and elective abdominal surgery from 2011 to 2021.

Primary outcome measure

Primary outcome was failure to rescue within 30 days (FTR30), defined as in-hospital or out-of-hospital death within 30 days of a surgical patient who developed at least one complication within 30 days of the surgery (FTR30). Other outcome variables were surgical complications and hospital FTR30 variation. Statistical analysis

SUBMITTER: Augestad KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10661059 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature