Effect of an anaesthesia department led critical care outreach and acute pain service on postoperative serious adverse events

• Published in: Anaesthesia Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 24 - 28
• Main Authors: Story, D. A., Shelton, A. C., Poustie, S. J., Colin‐Thome, N. J., McIntyre, R. E., McNicol, P. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.01.2006; Blackwell; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Anesthesia; Anesthesia Department, Hospital - organization & administration; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Critical care; Critical Care - organization & administration; Female; Health Services Research - methods; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pain Clinics - organization & administration; Pain management; Pain, Postoperative - prevention & control; Patient Care Team - organization & administration; Postoperative Care - methods; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Prospective Studies; Surgery; Victoria; Victoria; Australia; Postoperative; Anesthesia; Complication; Pain

Summary We examined whether a combined critical care outreach and acute pain service comprising both medical and nursing staff from the Department of Anaesthesia would decrease the incidence of postoperative serious adverse events in a hospital with an established Medical Emergency Team. We called t...