Variability in clinicians' understanding and reported methods of identifying high-risk surgical patients: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Amanda Selwood (Author), Brette Blakely (Author), Siva Senthuran (Author), Paul Lane (Author), John North (Author), Robyn Clay-Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background High-risk patients presenting for surgery require complex decision-making and perioperative management. However, given there is no gold standard for identifying high-risk patients, doing so may be challenging for clinicians in practice. Before a gold standard can be established,...