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Impact of anesthetic handover on mortality and morbidity in cardiac surgery: a cohort study.

Hudson CCC, McDonald B, Hudson JKC, Tran D, Boodhwani M. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Nov 24; [Epub ahead of print].

Communication failures at the time of patient handoffs have been frequently implicated in adverse events. In this single-center study, handoff of care between anesthesia teams during cardiovascular procedures was associated with markedly elevated rates of postoperative morbidity and mortality.

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