Failure-to-Rescue, defined as hospital deaths after adverse events, is an established
measure of patient safety and hospital quality. Until recently, approaches used to address …

Background Some preventable deaths in hospitalized patients are due to unrecognized
deterioration. There are no publications of studies that have instituted routine patient …

Background In laboratory animals, exposure to most general anaesthetics leads to
neurotoxicity manifested by neuronal cell death and abnormal behaviour and cognition …

BACKGROUND: Regional anesthesia is increasingly used in pediatric patients to provide
postoperative analgesia and to supplement intraoperative anesthesia. The Pediatric …

Background: Scoliosis surgery is one of the most painful operations performed.
Postoperative pain management has been historically based on the use of intravenous …

Background and Objectives There are varying reports on the incidence of major morbidity
associated with peripheral regional anesthesia. Our objective was to contribute to the …

Article-at-a-Glance Background The growing number of monitoring devices, combined with
suboptimal patient monitoring and alarm management strategies, has increased “alarm …

Abstract Editor's Perspective What We Already Know about This Topic Regional anesthesia
is associated with a low but poorly quantified incidence of complications. What This Article …

Background and Objectives The impact of the patient state at time of placement of regional
blocks on the risk of complications is unknown. Current opinion is based almost entirely on …

Many hospitals have implemented rapid response teams (RRTs) for rescue interventions
outside the ICU. The outcome impact of RRTs is still a matter of debate but there is a …