Failure to rescue, defined as mortality after a surgical complication, is a widely accepted
quality metric across many specialties and is becoming an important metric in cardiac …

Postoperative complications occur despite optimal perioperative care and are an important
driver of mortality after surgery. Failure to rescue, defined as death in a patient who has …

Background Reducing medical errors and minimizing complications have become the focus
of quality improvement in medicine. Failure-to-rescue (FTR) is defined as death after a …

Introduction Damage to the thoracic cage is common in the injured patient, both when the
injuries are confined to this single cavity and as part of the overall injury burden of a …

Objective: To describe the frequency and patterns of postoperative complications and FTR
after inpatient pediatric surgical procedures and to evaluate the association between …

Background Appendicitis is one of the most common emergency surgery conditions
worldwide, and the incidence is increasing in low-and middle-income countries. Disparities …

Surgical science has driven innovation and inquiry across adult and pediatric disciplines
that provide critical care regardless of location. Surgically originated but broadly applicable …

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the implementation of a dedicated Surgical critical care
service (SCCS) on failure to rescue (FTR) rates in rural Kenya. Summary Background Data …

Introduction Failure to rescue (FTR)(avoiding death after complications) has been proposed
as a measure of hospital quality. Although surviving complications is important, not all …

Objective The ability to detect and treat complications of surgery early is essential for optimal
patient outcomes. The failure-to-rescue (FTR) rate is defined as the death rate among …