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ReviewAnesthesiology clinics2020

Real-Time Debriefing After Critical Events: Exploring the Gap Between Principle and Reality.

Alexander F Arriaga, Demian Szyld, May C M Pian-Smith

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Review in Anesthesiology clinics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. It's okay to not be okay.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026
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  6. Operative team critical incident debriefing in a community hospital: a mixed methods study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025
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  10. Sepsis and Clinical Simulation: What Is New? (and Old).Journal of personalized medicine · 2023
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  13. Bilateral trauma case conferences: an approach to global surgery equity through a virtual education exchange.Global surgical education : journal of the Association for Surgical Education · 2023
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  15. Importance of high-performing teams in the cardiovascular intensive care unit.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alexander F ArriagaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: aarriaga@post.harvard.edu.
Demian SzyldDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/debriefmentor.
May C M Pian-SmithCenter for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Debriefing after perioperative crises (eg, cardiac arrest, massive hemorrhage) is a well-described practice that can provide benefits to individuals, teams, and health systems. Debriefing has also been embraced by high-stakes industries outside of health care. Yet, in studies of actual clinical practice, there are many critical events that do not get debriefed. This article explores the gap that exists between principle and reality and the factors and strategies to offer opportunities to reflect on actual critical events, when indicated, across the increasing scope of environments where anesthesia care is provided.

Indexed as

AnesthesiaAnesthesiologyClinical CompetenceHumansCrew/crisis resource managementCritical event debriefingDebriefingFeedbackImplementation scienceMedical educationMedical simulationPatient safety

Identifiers

PMID33127029
PMCPMC7552980

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