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Role of Preventability in Redefining Failure to Rescue Among Major Trauma Patients

jamanetwork.com July 27, 2017

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Failure to rescue (FTR) is defined as death after a major complication and has been adopted as a measure of quality in surgical patients. Current definitions of FTR are limited because they do not account for the influence of preventability on mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the association of preventability with rates of FTR among patients with major trauma.

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