Opportunities For Improving Perioperative Mortality: Moving Beyond the Intraoperative Phase of Care

Committee News| May 2024 Opportunities For Improving Perioperative Mortality: Moving Beyond the Intraoperative Phase of Care Kayla M. Knuf, MD Kayla M. Knuf, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 26. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001016840.13927.5a Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Opportunities For Improving Perioperative Mortality: Moving Beyond the Intraoperative Phase of Care. ASA Monitor 2024; 88:26 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001016840.13927.5a Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: intraoperative care, surgical mortality Perioperative mortality is most often defined as the rate of death following surgery and anesthesia beginning on the day of surgery and extending to the 30th postoperative day or the day of discharge from the hospital (BR J Anaesth 2015;114:32-42). While this seems to be the most frequent definition, there has been some concern that perioperative mortality at 30 days may underestimate the actual mortality associated with certain surgical procedures (HPB 2011;13:473-82). Tracking perioperative mortality is essential and allows the ability to evaluate and improve surgical services (Lancet 2015;385:S27). Unfortunately, perioperative mortality can be challenging to accurately monitor due to variability in definitions, lack of standardization in collection of mortality data, differing denominators, and unavailable data (Lancet 2015;385:S27). Mortality attributable to anesthesia alone has improved immensely over the years. In 1954, data presented by Beecher et al. showed the significant impact of... You do not currently have access to this content.