Preoperative frailty and quality of recovery after curative neoplastic surgery

Abstract

Half of the critical incidents (CI) at hospital environment occur in the operating room. The main contributory factor involved is the so-called "human factor". This term refers to both the non-technical skills that each one has as well as teamwork. The main non-technical skills are communication, coordination, shared mental model and leadership skills. Of these, communication capacity is essential because it connects the other elements.