Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio with Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality

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Article| January 2023 Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio with Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality Amr E. Abouleish, MD, MBA, FASA Amr E. Abouleish, MD, MBA, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 28. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000911780.00940.57 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Amr E. Abouleish; Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio with Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:28 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000911780.00940.57 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: morbidity, mortality, personnel staffing and scheduling, surgical procedures, operative In the wake of news coverage and studies examining surgeons with overlapping surgical procedures and patient outcomes, Burns et al. examined anesthesiologists covering overlapping anesthesia cases and the staffing ratio impact on patient outcomes in this retrospective, matched cohort study of major noncardiac inpatient surgical procedures done in 23 U.S. academic and private hospitals (JAMA Surg 2022;157:807-15). The study used the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG) database, which is populated directly from the electronic medical records, including anesthesia records (asamonitor.pub/3ftbeZt). Only cases where the anesthesiologist working with one to four nurse anesthetists at same time were included. (Cases where an anesthesiology resident was in the case >25% of time were excluded.) Propensity score-matching methods were applied. Staffing ratio was based on the anesthesiologist in the staffing grid of the electronic record. The staffing ratio was a weighted average of the staffing ratios throughout the anesthesia case... You do not currently have access to this content.