Shane G Carr, Jacob C Clifton, Robert E Freundlich, Leslie C Fowler, Edward R Sherwood, Matthew D McEvoy, Amy Robertson, Brent A Dunworth, Karen Y McCarthy, Matthew S Shotwell, Miklos D Kertai
BACKGROUND: We assessed the association between education-based interventions, the frequency of train-of-four (TOF) monitoring, and postoperative outcomes. METHODS: We studied adults undergoing noncardiac surgery from February 1, 2020 through October 31, 2021. Our education-based interventions consisted of 3 phases. An interrupted time-series analysis, adjusting for patient- and procedure-related characteristics and secular trends over time, was used to assess the associations between education-based interventions and the frequency of TOF monitoring, postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), 90-day mortality, and sugammadex dosage...
March 1, 2024: Anesthesia and Analgesia