Why the study?
Do patient safety initiatives reduce surgical mortality and complications in patients undergoing surgical procedures?
Population
Patients undergoing surgical procedures
Design
Review
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Supports scaling surgical safety initiatives in developing nations; leaves open need for randomized confirmation of causality and generalizability.
Do patient safety initiatives reduce surgical mortality and complications in patients undergoing surgical procedures?
Patient safety initiatives, such as the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, have significantly reduced surgical mortality and complications, particularly in developing nations.
Alexander J. Fowler (2013) studied this question.
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