Role of Preventability in Redefining Failure to Rescue Among Major Trauma Patients

Matthew Coates; Eric Pillado; Jin Kim; Richard Vasak; Arthur Yule; Dennis Y Kim

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2351

Role of Preventability in Redefining Failure to Rescue Among Major Trauma Patients

JAMA Surg. 2017 Nov 1;152(11):1083-1084. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2351.

Authors

Matthew Coates¹, Eric Pillado¹, Jin Kim¹, Richard Vasak¹, Arthur Yule¹, Dennis Y Kim¹

Affiliation

¹ Harbor-UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Hospital, Torrance.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the role of preventability in the definition of failure to rescue when reviewing surgical performance for trauma patients who died after emergency surgery.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Failure to Rescue, Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Hypotension / complications
Injury Severity Score
Insurance, Health / statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Trauma Centers / statistics & numerical data
Wounds and Injuries / complications
Wounds and Injuries / therapy*
Young Adult