“…Specifically, handover was associated with greater risk of in-hospital mortality, 4,5 major morbidity, 4,5 postoperative complications, 3,6,16 all-cause mortality at 30 days, 3 admission to ICU, 3 length of stay, 3 extended postoperative ventilation, 3 wound dehiscence, 3 bleeding, 3 pneumonia, 3 unplanned return to OR, 3 new onset haemodialysis, 3 and postoperative delirium. 17 A list of confounders accounted for by each of these studies is provided in Supplementary Appendix 2.…”