Complex Information for Anesthesiologists Presented Quickly and Clearly

To identify publications by study type, we searched PubMed for publications that used administrative data through the search terms “administrative data,” “Nationwide Emergency Department Sample,” “State Emergency Department Databases,” “national inpatient sample,” “kids inpatient database,” “state inpatient database,” and “state ambulatory surgery and services database.” Randomized controlled trials were identified by the search term “randomized controlled trial.”

Infographic created by Jonathan P. Wanderer, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and James P. Rathmell, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Illustration by Annemarie Johnson, Vivo Visuals. Dr. Wanderer is funded by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Anesthesia Quality Institute’s Mentored Research Training Grant – Health Services Research, Schaumburg, Illinois. Address correspondence to Dr. Wanderer: jon.wanderer@vanderbilt.edu.

Competing Interests

Dr. Wanderer is funded by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Anesthesia Quality Institute’s Mentored Research Training Grant – Health Services Research, Schaumburg, Illinois.

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