The impact of team familiarity on intra and postoperative cardiac surgical outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Familiarity among cardiac surgery team members may be an important contributor to better outcomes and thus serve as a target for enhancing outcomes.

Methods

Adult cardiac surgical procedures (n = 4,445) involving intraoperative providers were evaluated at a tertiary hospital between 2016 and 2020. Team familiarity (mean of prior cardiac surgeries performed by participating surgeon/nonsurgeon pairs within 2 years before the operation) were regressed on cardiopulmonary bypass duration (primary-an intraoperative measure of care efficiency) and postoperative complication outcomes (major morbidity, mortality), adjusting for provider experience, surgeon 2-year case volume before the surgery, case start time, weekday, and perioperative risk factors. The relationship betw

SUBMITTER: Mathis MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733606 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature