Population
2,508,917 patients undergoing major oncological procedures between 1999-2009 in the USA.
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
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Increasing PSI events after cancer surgery may reflect improved detection; leaves open drivers of reduced failure-to-rescue and mortality.
Despite an increase in hospital-acquired adverse events after major cancer surgery over a 10-year period, overall mortality and failure-to-rescue rates have decreased.
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