Objective To determine the impact of anesthesiologists, surgeons, and their monthly
caseload volume on mortality after cardiac surgery. Design Ten-year audit of prospectively …

It is widely accepted that the performance of the operating surgeon affects outcomes, and
this has led to the publication of surgical results in the public domain. However, the effect of …

BACKGROUND: One of every 150 hospitalized patients experiences a lethal adverse event;
nearly half of these events involves surgical patients. Although variations in surgeon …

Objectives To determine the relative contributions of patient risk profile, local and individual
clinical practice on length of hospital stay after cardiac surgery. Design Ten-year audit of …

E Editorial 500 www. anesthesia-analgesia. org aNEsthEsia & aNalgEsia arises from these
findings: By what mechanism does the practice of a specific anesthesiologist influence …

Objective Short-term (30 days) mortality frequently is used as an outcome measure after
cardiac surgery, although it has been proposed that the follow-up period should be …

BACKGROUND: In creating the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Congress has
mandated pay-for-performance (P4P) for all physicians, including anesthesiologists. There …

Importance More than half of US cardiothoracic surgeons are older than 55 years, and the
association between surgeon number of years in practice and surgical outcomes remains …

In the cardiac surgical population, a trend has been seen towards increasing age, increased
female patient cohort, more co-morbidities, more extensive surgical disease and more …

Objectives To examine anesthesia-centered outcomes in a large cohort of patients
undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or valvular heart surgery. Design A …