Go/no-go decision in anaesthesia: wide variation in risk tolerance amongst anaesthetists

Conclusions. It is clear that safety decisions cannot be made in isolation and that clinicians must consider operational requirements, such as throughput, when making a go/no-go decision. The level of variability in decision-making was surprising, particularly for scenarios that appeared to go against guidelines.
Source: British Journal of Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research