Key result
The Wake-Up Safe program documented a serious adverse event rate of 1.4 per 1000 anesthetics in pediatric anesthesiology across 19 US institutions.
Why the study?
What is the rate of serious adverse events in pediatric anesthesia across multiple institutions using the Wake-Up Safe program?
Observational (n=736,365)
Yes
What is the rate of serious adverse events in pediatric anesthesia across multiple institutions using the Wake-Up Safe program?
The Wake-Up Safe program successfully documented a serious adverse event rate of 1.4 per 1000 pediatric anesthetics nationally, highlighting the value of multi-institutional safety analytics.
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Enables multi-institutional pediatric anesthesia SAE tracking for QI; leaves open true incidence and practice impact.
Kurth et al. (2014) conducted an observational in Pediatric anesthesia (n=736,365). Wake-Up Safe (WUS) program was evaluated on Serious adverse events (SAE). The Wake-Up Safe program documented a serious adverse event rate of 1.4 per 1000 anesthetics in pediatric anesthesiology across 19 US institutions.
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