Anesthesia practitioners have long been at the forefront of patient safety initiatives in the operating room and beyond. The Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society has partnered with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database to develop a patient registry for patients with congenital heart defects in order to determine patient outcomes related to anesthesia in this high-risk population. A review of existing database efforts is also undertaken to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
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