Why the study?
Does anesthesiologist direction reduce 30-day mortality and failure-to-rescue rates in elderly patients undergoing general surgical or orthopedic procedures?
Does anesthesiologist direction reduce 30-day mortality and failure-to-rescue rates in elderly patients undergoing general surgical or orthopedic procedures?
Anesthesiologist direction of anesthesia care is associated with lower 30-day mortality and failure-to-rescue rates in elderly patients undergoing general surgical or orthopedic procedures.
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Does not yet warrant practice change; leaves open whether randomized trials would confirm benefit of anesthesiologist direction.
Silber et al. (2000) studied this question.
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