Key result
A systematic review of surgical mortality monitoring systems revealed inconsistent definitions of surgical death and a lack of post-discharge mortality ascertainment without national register linkage.
Population
Published literature, grey literature, and routine national hospital data collections regarding surgical…
Design
Systematic_review
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Current surgical mortality audits may underestimate deaths; challenges inconsistent definitions and supports national register linkage for validation.
Systematic Review
The review highlights significant variability in definitions of surgical death and a lack of validation in mortality monitoring systems, emphasizing the need for comprehensive data collection linked to national death registers.
Bruce et al. (2003) conducted a systematic review in Surgical mortality. Surgical mortality monitoring systems was evaluated on Quality of measurement, reporting and monitoring of mortality. A systematic review of surgical mortality monitoring systems revealed inconsistent definitions of surgical death and a lack of post-discharge mortality ascertainment without national register linkage.
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