The Routine posTsuRgical Anesthesia visit to improve patient outComE (TRACE) study: lessons learned

Markus W Hollmann; Dianne de Korte-de Boer; Christa Boer; Wolfgang F F A Buhre; TRACE Study investigators; Writing committee; Steering committee; Collaborators

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2021.07.011

The Routine posTsuRgical Anesthesia visit to improve patient outComE (TRACE) study: lessons learned

Br J Anaesth. 2021 Oct;127(4):e140-e142. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.07.011. Epub 2021 Aug 20.

Authors

Markus W Hollmann¹, Dianne de Korte-de Boer², Christa Boer³, Wolfgang F F A Buhre²; TRACE Study investigators; Writing committee; Steering committee; Collaborators

Collaborators

Wolfgang F F A Buhre⁴, Dianne de Korte-de Boer⁵, Christa Boer³, Annick Stolze⁶, Linda M Posthuma⁷, Valérie M Smit-Fun⁸, Sander van Kuijk⁹, Markus W Hollmann¹⁰, Wolfgang F F A Buhre⁴, Christa Boer³, Dianne de Korte-de Boer⁵, Annick Stolze⁶, Linda M Posthuma⁷, Valérie M Smit-Fun⁸, Sander van Kuijk⁹, Peter G Noordzij¹¹, Myra Rinia¹², Jens-Peter Hering¹³, Bas In 't Veld¹⁴, Gert-Jan Scheffer¹⁵, Carmen Dirksen¹⁶, Marja Boermeester¹⁷, Jaap Bonjer¹⁸, Cees Dejong¹⁹, Markus W Hollmann¹⁰, J S Breel¹, T Bouw²⁰, F van Dijk²¹, J Geurts²¹, W Glas²², R van Gorp²³, A Jwair²⁴, F Koca¹, I Lange²⁵, B Preckel¹, J P van Roy²², M Theunissen²³, A G C L Wensing¹, A Werger²⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: c.boer@amsterdamumc.nl.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: wolfgang.buhre@mumc.nl.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: dianne.de.korte@mumc.nl.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.stolze@amsterdamumc.nl.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: l.m.posthuma@amsterdamumc.nl.
⁸ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: v.smit.fun@mumc.nl.
⁹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: sander.van.kuijk@mumc.nl.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.w.hollmann@amsterdamumc.nl.
¹¹ Department of Anesthesiology, St. Antonius Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. Electronic address: p.noordzij@antoniusziekenhuis.nl.
¹² Department of Anesthesiology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands. Electronic address: mrinia@rijnstate.nl.
¹³ Department of Anesthesiology and Operations, Dijklander Hospital, Hoorn, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.p.hering@westfriesgasthuis.nl.
¹⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Medical Centre Haaglanden, The Hague. Electronic address: b.in.t.veld@haaglandenmc.nl.
¹⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: gertjan.scheffer@radboudumc.nl.
¹⁶ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: c.dirksen@mumc.nl.
¹⁷ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.a.boermeester@amsterdamumc.nl.
¹⁸ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.bonjer@amsterdamumc.nl.
¹⁹ Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: chc.dejong@mumc.nl.
²⁰ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
²¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
²² Department of Anesthesiology and Operations, Dijklander Hospital, Hoorn, The Netherlands.
²³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
²⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
²⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, St. Antonius Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
²⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Medical Centre Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands.

PMID: 34426010
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.07.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Modified Early Warning Score; perioperative mortality; postoperative care; stepped-wedge design; surgery.

Publication types

Letter
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Anesthesia / adverse effects
Anesthesia / methods*
Anesthesiology / methods*
Humans
Patient Outcome Assessment
Postoperative Care / methods*