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Successful implementation of an appendectomy process improvement protocol
| العنوان: | Successful implementation of an appendectomy process improvement protocol |
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| المؤلفون: | Matthew Bradley, Angela Kindvall, Judy Logan, Jeffrey Bailey, Eric Elster, Carlos Rodriguez |
| المصدر: | Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ Publishing Group, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Surgery LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Surgery, RD1-811, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| الوصف: | Background A key component of a process improvement program is the institution of hospital-specific protocols to address certain disparities and streamline patient care. In that regard, we evaluated the implementation of an outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy (OLA) protocol at a tertiary military hospital. We hypothesized that OLA would reduce length of stay (LOS) without increasing complications.Methods In August 2016, our institution implemented an OLA protocol—defined as discharge within 24 hours of surgery. Exclusion criteria included age |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2397-5776 |
| Relation: | https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000303.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2397-5776 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000303 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/7300f3488c674044b6c3ca204ee5f735 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.7300f3488c674044b6c3ca204ee5f735 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 23975776 |
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| DOI: | 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000303 |