Association of Postoperative Undertriage to Hospital Wards With Mortality and Morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Undertriaging patients who are at increased risk for postoperative complications after surgical procedures to low-acuity hospital wards (ie, floors) rather than highly vigilant intensive care units (ICUs) may be associated with risk of unrecognized decompensation and worse patient outcomes, but evidence for these associations is lacking.

Objective

To test the hypothesis that postoperative undertriage is associated with increased mortality and morbidity compared with risk-matched ICU admission.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the University of Florida Integrated Data Repository on admissions to a university hospital. Included patients were individuals aged 18 years or older who were admi

SUBMITTER: Loftus TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8581722 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature