Commentary: Thoracic intensive care unit readmissions-glass half full or half empty?

doi:10.1016/j.xjon.2022.02.012

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. 2022 Feb 12:9:291-292.

doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2022.02.012. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Commentary: Thoracic intensive care unit readmissions-glass half full or half empty?

Robert B Cameron^{1

2}

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¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

PMID: 36003425
PMCID: PMC9390598
DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2022.02.012

Editorial

Commentary: Thoracic intensive care unit readmissions-glass half full or half empty?

Robert B Cameron. JTCVS Open. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 12:9:291-292.

doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2022.02.012. eCollection 2022 Mar.

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Robert B Cameron^{1

2}

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¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

PMID: 36003425
PMCID: PMC9390598
DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2022.02.012

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Thoracic surgeons often interpret postoperative problems as a glass half full whereas intensivists consider similar problems as a glass half empty. The reality is more in between, and both surgeons and intensivists should strive to better understand different viewpoints.

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1. Shelley B.G., McCall P.J., Glass A., Orzechowska I., Klein A.A. Outcome following unplanned critical care admission after lung resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Open. 2022;9:281–290. - PMC - PubMed
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[1] Paul Olson T.J., Brasel K.J., Redmann A.J., Alexander G.C., Schwarze M.L. Surgeon-reported conflict with intensivists about postoperative goals of care. JAMA Surg. 2013;148:29–35. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Paul Olson T.J., Brasel K.J., Redmann A.J., Alexander G.C., Schwarze M.L. Surgeon-reported conflict with intensivists about postoperative goals of care. JAMA Surg. 2013;148:29–35. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Shelley B.G., McCall P.J., Glass A., Orzechowska I., Klein A.A. Outcome following unplanned critical care admission after lung resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Open. 2022;9:281–290. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Shelley B.G., McCall P.J., Glass A., Orzechowska I., Klein A.A. Outcome following unplanned critical care admission after lung resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Open. 2022;9:281–290. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Kurlansky P.A., O'Brien S.M., Vassileva C.M., Lobdell K.W., Edwards F.H., Jacobs J.P., et al. Failure to rescue: a new Society of Thoracic Surgeons quality metric for cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. July 6, 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.025. [Epub ahead of print] - DOI - PubMed

[6] Kurlansky P.A., O'Brien S.M., Vassileva C.M., Lobdell K.W., Edwards F.H., Jacobs J.P., et al. Failure to rescue: a new Society of Thoracic Surgeons quality metric for cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. July 6, 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.025. [Epub ahead of print] - DOI - PubMed

[7] Farjah F., Backhus L., Cheng A., Englum B., Kim S., Saha-Chaudhuri P., et al. Failure to rescue and pulmonary resection for lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;149:1365–1371. discussion 1371-3.e3. - PubMed

[8] Farjah F., Backhus L., Cheng A., Englum B., Kim S., Saha-Chaudhuri P., et al. Failure to rescue and pulmonary resection for lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;149:1365–1371. discussion 1371-3.e3. - PubMed

[9] Farjah F. Failure-to-rescue in thoracic surgery. Thorac Surg Clin. 2017;27:257–266. - PubMed

[10] Farjah F. Failure-to-rescue in thoracic surgery. Thorac Surg Clin. 2017;27:257–266. - PubMed

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