Anesthesia

Standard Definitions Urged for Anesthesia Outcomes

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, August 10th, 2007

The absence of standardized definitions for events and outcomes during and after anesthesia for surgery has major implications for anesthesiology research and practice, as well as for public perceptions of anesthesia care, according to an editorial by two leading anesthesiology researchers.

Writing in the August issue of the journal Anesthesiology, Drs. Mark A. Warner of the Mayo Clinic and Terri G. Monk of Duke University Medical Center, highlight the importance of continued efforts to develop standard definitions and terminology for anesthesia. Dr. Warner comments, "Improvements in outcomes based upon scientific studies will be hindered unless and until standard...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2007-08-10)

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