Why the study?
Does an intraoperative checklist reduce the incidence of re-exploration for postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Population
4,817 patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures
Comparison
Implementation of an intraoperative 'reoperation… vs Recent historical population before checklist…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May reduce re-exploration rates after cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Does an intraoperative checklist reduce the incidence of re-exploration for postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
The implementation of a simple, low-cost intraoperative checklist significantly reduces the incidence of re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery.
Boxtel et al. (2017) studied this question.
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