Effect of Intraoperative Handovers of Anesthesia Care on Mortality, Readmission, or Postoperative Complications Among Adults: The HandiCAP Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Intraoperative handovers of anesthesia care are common. Handovers might improve care by reducing physician fatigue, but there is also an inherent risk of losing critical information. Large observational analyses report associations between handover of anesthesia care and adverse events, including higher mortality.

Objective

To determine the effect of handovers of anesthesia care on postoperative morbidity and mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a parallel-group, randomized clinical trial conducted in 12 German centers with patients enrolled between June 2019 and June 2021 (final follow-up, July 31, 2021). Eligible participants had an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 3 or 4 and were scheduled for major inpatient surgery

SUBMITTER: Meersch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9167439 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature