Failure to Rescue, Health Care

**Definition:** Inability to prevent a clinical deterioration resulting from a complication of an underlying medical condition or a complication of medical care. It implies that common risk factors for such a complication were not recognized in a timely manner or treated appropriately.

**Tree numbers:** - E01.789.800.760.500 - H01.770.644.145.431.500 - N04.761.559.590.800.760.500 - N05.715.360.575.575.800.760.500

**Synonyms:** - Failure to Rescue (Health Care) - Health Care, Failure to Rescue - Health Care, Failures to Rescue