Why the study?
Does night surgery increase postoperative mortality and morbidity?
Does night surgery increase postoperative mortality and morbidity?
Night surgery is associated with increased postoperative mortality and morbidity, potentially driven by preventable factors such as handovers and transfusions.
Should not yet change practice; leaves open whether targeting handovers and transfusions improves outcomes.
Night surgery was associated with an increased risk of postoperative mortality and morbidity. The effect was independent of case acuity and was mediated by potentially preventable factors: higher blood transfusion rates and more frequent provider handovers.
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Althoff et al. (2020) studied this question.
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