Background: The risk of death after a postoperative complication—known as failure to
rescue (FTR)—has been proposed to be superior to traditional benchmarking outcomes …

Failure to rescue (FTR) was first defined in 1992 in a landmark article by Silber and
colleagues as the rate of mortality among patients with a complication. 1 The FTR rate is …

In this issue of Surgery, Kuo et al 6 explore the validity of FTR as a quality metric, specifically
within the trauma population. The current definition of FTR per AHRQ for Patient Safety …

Background Despite the increased acceptance of failure-to-rescue (FTR) as an important
patient safety indicator (defined as the percentage of deaths among surgical patients with …

Background Mortality in emergency general surgery (EGS) is often attributed to patient
condition, which may obscure opportunities for improvement in care. Identifying failure to …

Background While the use of the failure-to-rescue (FTR) metric, or death after complication,
has expanded beyond elective surgery to emergency general surgery (EGS), little is known …

There has been a renewed and growing interest in the failure-to-rescue (FTR) paradigm
since its first description by Silber et al1 in 1992. FTR rates appear to have the potential to …

Objective: To examine the extent to which multiple, sequential complications impacts
variation in institutional postoperative mortality rates. Background: Failure to rescue (FTR) …

Objective The ability to detect and treat complications of surgery early is essential for optimal
patient outcomes. The failure-to-rescue (FTR) rate is defined as the death rate among …

Objectives This study aims to determine hospital variation and intensive care unit
characteristics associated with failure to rescue after abdominal surgery in Norway. Design …