What are the benefits of using checklists, multidisciplinary surgical care, intraoperative time-outs, and postsurgical debriefings for patients undergoing noncardiac surgery?
Observational analyses in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery have shown a significant reduction in perioperative death with the use of checklists, multidisciplinary surgical care, intraoperative time-outs, postsurgical debriefings, and other communication strategies.14,15 Such methodology is being used increasingly in CABG patients.12 14