Does preoperative multidisciplinary team assessment of high-risk patients improve the safety and outcomes of patients undergoing surgery?

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent publicationThe local Medical Ethics Review Committee of the Amsterdam UMC location VUmc (address: De Boelelaan 1109, room 08 A-08, PO-box 7057, Postal code 1081 HV in Amsterdam, the Netherlands), presided by prof. dr. J.A.M. van der Post, decided on July 7th 2021, after careful consideration, to grant the present study a waiver because it was seen as part of internal quality inquiry as described in the legislation concerning “healthcare quality, complaints and disputes act” (known in the Netherlands as: “Wet Kwaliteit, klachten en geschillen zorg). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

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