Evaluating the Impact of Operative Team Familiarity on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To associate surgeon-anesthesiologist team familiarity (TF) with cardiac surgery outcomes.

Background

TF, a measure of repeated team member collaborations, has been associated with improved operative efficiency; however, examination of its relationship to clinical outcomes has been limited.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included Medicare beneficiaries undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), or both (CABG+SAVR) between January 1, 2017, and September 30, 2018. TF was defined as the number of shared procedures between the cardiac surgeon and anesthesiologist within 6 months of each operation. Primary outcomes were 30- and 90-day mortality, composite morbidity, and 30-day mortality or composite morbi

SUBMITTER: Awtry JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10965508 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature