Lack of association between intraoperative handoff of care and postoperative complications: a retrospective observational study.
Vikas N O'Reilly-ShahVictoria G MelansonCinnamon L SullivanCraig S JabaleyGrant C LyndePublished in: BMC anesthesiology (2019)
Inclusion of significant covariates is essential to fully understanding the impact provider handoffs have on patient outcomes. Case timing and lengthy case duration are more likely to result in both a handoff and an adverse event. The impact of handoffs on patient outcomes seen in the literature are likely due, in part, to how covariates were addressed.