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Ede J, Kent B, Watkinson P, Endacott R. Successfully initiating an escalation of care in acute ward settings-A qualitative observational study. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38934291 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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AIMS To address knowledge gaps by (i) developing a theoretical understanding of escalation and (ii) identifying escalation success factors. DESIGN Non-participant observations were used to examine deteriorating patient escalation events. METHODS Escalation event data were collected by a researcher who shadowed clinical staff, between February 16th 2021 and March 17th 2022 from two National Health Service Trusts. Events were analysed using Framework Analysis. Escalation tasks were mapped using a Hierarchical Task Analysis diagram and data presented as percentages, frequency and 95% CI. RESULTS A total of 38 observation sessions were conducted, totaling 105 h, during which 151 escalation events were captured. Half of these were not early warning score-initiated and resulted from bleeding, infection, or chest pain. Four communication phenotypes were observed in the escalation events. The most common was Outcome Focused Escalation, where the referrer expected specific outcomes like blood cultures or antibiotic prescriptions. Informative Escalations were often used when a triggering patient's condition was of low clinical concern and ranked as the second most frequent escalation communication type. General Concern Escalations occurred when the referrer did not have predetermined expectations. Spontaneous Interaction Escalations were the least frequently observed, occurring opportunistically in communal workspaces. CONCLUSION Half of the events were non-triggering escalations and understanding these can inform the design of systems to support staff better to undertake them. Escalation is not homogenous and differing escalation communication phenotypes exist. Informative Escalations represent an organizational requirement to report triggering warning scores and a targeted reduction of these may be organizationally advantageous. Increasing the frequency of Spontaneous Escalations, through hospital designs, may also be beneficial. IMPACT STATEMENT Our work highlights that a significant proportion of escalation workload occurs without a triggering early warning score and there is scope to better support these with designed systems. Further examination of reducing Informative and increasing Spontaneous Escalations is also warranted. PATIENT AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Extensive PPIE was completed throughout the lifecycle of this study. PPIE members validated the research questions and overarching aims of the overall study. PPIE members contributed to the design of the study reviewed documents and the final data generated.
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- J Ede
- Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research, Minerva House, London, UK
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Hotta S, Ashida K, Tanaka M. Night Physician-Nurse Collaboration: Developing the Scale of Physicians' Difficulties and Exploring Related Factors in Acute Care Hospitals. J Multidiscip Healthc 2024; 17:2831-2845. [PMID: 38881754 PMCID: PMC11180433 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s454578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Background Responding to inpatient deterioration is less favorable at night than during the day, and this may be related to barriers in collaboration between physicians and nurses. However, there had been no way to assess the problem. This study aimed to develop a scale for physicians to measure difficulties in nighttime collaboration with nurses in response to deteriorating inpatients and to identify factors associated with the developed scale scores. Methods We developed a draft scale of Nighttime Collaboration Difficulties between Nurses and Physicians for Physicians (NCDNP-P) based on key informant interviews with physicians. Psychometric validations, including structural validity, criterion-related validity, and reliability tests, were conducted among physicians who worked on night duty or on call in acute-care hospitals in Japan using a cross-sectional web-based questionnaire. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed using independent variables including individual backgrounds, style of working at night, and facility characteristics. Results By performing exploratory factor analysis, we confirmed the structural validity of the NCDNP-P, consisting of seven items and two domains (Domain 1: Dissatisfaction with reporting, Domain 2: Barriers to working with nurses). Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients were 0.81-0.84 and 0.81-0.89, respectively. The criterion-related validity for interprofessional collaboration was confirmed. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the variables employment status, number of night shifts, frequency of nighttime calls about patients under another physician's charge, and handover between physicians before changing shifts were statistically significantly associated with NCDNP-P scores. Conclusion We developed the NCDNP-P, confirming its reliability and validity. Identified factors reflect physicians' characteristics and the problems experienced working at night and may be associated with barriers in nighttime collaboration. The NCDNP-P can highlight issues in clinical settings and lead to the consideration of initiatives to address such issues.
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- Soichiro Hotta
- Department of Adult Health Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Kanto Gakuin University, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Adult Health Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Bucknall TK, Guinane J, McCormack B, Jones D, Buist M, Hutchinson AM. Listen to me, I really am sick! Patient and family narratives of clinical deterioration before and during rapid response system intervention. J Clin Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38822476 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.17310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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AIM To explore patient and family narratives about their recognition and response to clinical deterioration and their interactions with clinicians prior to and during Medical Emergency Team (MET) activations in hospital. BACKGROUND Research on clinical deterioration has mostly focused on clinicians' roles. Although patients and families can identify subtle cues of early deterioration, little research has focused on their experience of recognising, speaking up and communicating with clinicians during this period of instability. DESIGN A narrative inquiry. METHODS Using narrative interviewing techniques, 33 adult patients and 14 family members of patients, who had received a MET call, in one private and one public academic teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia were interviewed. Narrative analysis was conducted on the data. RESULTS The core story of help seeking for recognition and response by clinicians to patient deterioration yielded four subplots: (1) identifying deterioration, recognition that something was not right and different from earlier; (2) voicing concerns to their nurse or by family members on their behalf; (3) being heard, desiring a response acknowledging the legitimacy of their concerns; and (4) once concerns were expressed, there was an expectation of and trust in clinicians to act on the concerns and manage the situation. CONCLUSION Clinical deterioration results in an additional burden for hospitalised patients and families to speak up, seek help and resolve their concerns. Educating patients and families on what to be concerned about and when to notify staff requires a close partnership with clinicians. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION AND/OR PATIENT CARE Clinicians must create an environment that enables patients and families to speak up. They must be alert to both subjective and objective information, to acknowledge and to act on the information accordingly. REPORTING METHOD The consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) guidelines were used for reporting. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION The consumer researcher was involved in design, data analysis and publication preparation.
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- Tracey K Bucknall
- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Nursing, Paramedic Science, Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Ng-Kamstra JS, Philipo GS, Obayagbona KI. Paediatric surgery outcomes in Africa: a call for urgent investment. Lancet 2024; 403:1425-1427. [PMID: 38527481 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00320-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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- Joshua S Ng-Kamstra
- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- The College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), Arusha, Tanzania; The Branch for Global Surgical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Cawich SO, Dixon E, Shukla PJ, Shrikhande SV, Deshpande RR, Mohammed F, Pearce NW, Francis W, Johnson S, Bujhawan J. Rescue from complications after pancreaticoduodenectomies at a low-volume Caribbean center: Value of tailored peri-pancreatectomy protocols. World J Gastrointest Surg 2024; 16:681-688. [PMID: 38577074 PMCID: PMC10989354 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i3.681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is a technically complex operation, with a relatively high risk for complications. The ability to rescue patients from post-PD complications is as a recognized quality measure. Tailored protocols were instituted at our low volume facility in the year 2013. AIM To document the rate of rescue from post-PD complications with tailored protocols in place as a measure of quality. METHODS A retrospective audit was performed to collect data from patients who experienced major post-PD complications at a low volume pancreatic surgery unit in Trinidad and Tobago between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2023. Standardized definitions from the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery were used to define post-PD complications, and the modified Clavien-Dindo classification was used to classify post-PD complications. RESULTS Over the study period, 113 patients at a mean age of 57.5 years (standard deviation [SD] ± 9.23; range: 30-90; median: 56) underwent PDs at this facility. Major complications were recorded in 33 (29.2%) patients at a mean age of 53.8 years (SD: ± 7.9). Twenty-nine (87.9%) patients who experienced major morbidity were salvaged after aggressive treatment of their complication. Four (3.5%) died from bleeding pseudoaneurysm (1), septic shock secondary to a bile leak (1), anastomotic leak (1), and myocardial infarction (1). There was a significantly greater salvage rate in patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists scores ≤ 2 (93.3% vs 25%; P = 0.0024). CONCLUSION This paper adds to the growing body of evidence that volume alone should not be used as a marker of quality for patients requiring PD. Despite low volumes at our facility, we demonstrated that 87.9% of patients were rescued from major complications. We attributed this to several factors including development of rescue protocols, the competence of the pancreatic surgery teams and continuous, and adaptive learning by the entire institution, culminating in the development of tailored peri-pancreatectomy protocols.
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- Shamir O Cawich
- Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, St Augustine 000000, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N2T9, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National University, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, St Augustine 000000, Trinidad and Tobago
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- University Surgical Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, Nassau N-1184, Bahamas
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- Department of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, United States
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- Department of Surgery, General Hospital in Port of Spain, Port of Spain 000000, Trinidad and Tobago
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Endo I, Takahashi A, Tachimori H, Miyata H, Homma Y, Kumamoto T, Matsuyama R, Kakeji Y, Kitagawa Y, Seto Y. Requirements for hospitals in Japan to have low operative mortality and failure-to-rescue rates. Ann Gastroenterol Surg 2024; 8:342-355. [PMID: 38455494 PMCID: PMC10914696 DOI: 10.1002/ags3.12745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Aim We explored institutional factors in Japan associated with lower operative mortality and failure-to-rescue (FTR) rates for eight major gastrointestinal procedures. Methods A 22-item online questionnaire was sent to 2119 institutional departments (IDs) to examine the association between institutional factors and operative mortality and FTR rates. IDs were classified according to the number of annual surgeries, board certification status, and locality. In addition, the top 20% and bottom 20% of IDs were identified based on FTR rates and matched with the results of the questionnaire survey. Factors associated with operative mortality were selected by multivariate analysis. Results Of the 1083 IDs that responded to the questionnaire, 568 (213 382 patients) were included in the analysis. Operative morbidity, operative mortality, and FTR rates in the top 20% and bottom 20% of IDs were 13.1% and 8.4% (p < 0.001), 0.52% and 4.3% (p < 0.001), and 4.0% and 51.2% (p < 0.001), respectively. Based on the patients' background characteristics, the top 20% of IDs handled more advanced cases. No significant difference in locality was seen between better or worse hospital FTR rates, but fewer esophagectomies, hepatectomies, and pancreatoduodenectomies were performed in depopulated areas. Six items were found to be associated with operative mortality by multivariate logistic analysis. Only 50 (8.8%) IDs met all five factors related to better FTR rates. Conclusions The present findings indicate that several hospital factors surrounding surgical treatment, characterized by abundant human resources, are closely related to better postoperative recovery from severe complications.
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- Itaru Endo
- The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological SurgeryTokyoJapan
- Department of Gastroenterological SurgeryYokohama City UniversityYokohamaJapan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of MedicineKeio UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterological SurgeryYokohama City UniversityYokohamaJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterological SurgeryYokohama City UniversityYokohamaJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterological SurgeryYokohama City UniversityYokohamaJapan
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- The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological SurgeryTokyoJapan
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- The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological SurgeryTokyoJapan
- National Clinical DatabaseTokyoJapan
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Stonnington H, Shahbandi A, Bcharah G, Singh R, George DD, Furst T, Krishna C, Bydon M. Timing and Morbidity of Intracranial Meningioma Resection Complications. World Neurosurg 2024; 183:e293-e303. [PMID: 38141757 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.12.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intracranial meningioma resection is associated with multiple acute postoperative complications, including cerebrovascular accidents, surgical site infections, and pneumonia. There is a paucity of research on the postoperative timeframe of these complications. Therefore, our objective is to characterize intracranial meningioma resection complications' time courses. METHODS The National Surgical Quality Improvement Project registry was queried for intracranial meningioma resection cases using CPT codes 61512 and 61519 from years 2016 to 2021. Baseline patient characteristics and 30-day complication frequency were calculated. The mean, median, and interquartile range of postoperative days to occurrence for 17 complications were calculated. Percent incidence predischarge was recorded. Time-to-occurrence curves were created. Rates of 30-day mortality and increased length-of-stay were compared between patients with and without each complication using a χ2 test. A covariance matrix showing associations between 11 complications using the Pearson method was made. Significance was set at P < 0.05. RESULTS Ten thousand eight hundred ninety cases were analyzed. The most frequent complications' median and interquartile range of postoperative days to occurrence and percentage occurring predischarge were bleeding requiring transfusion (0.0, 0.0-0.0, 99.9%), cerebrovascular accident/stroke with neurological deficit (2.0, 1.0-6.0, 83.8%), unplanned intubation (4.0, 1.0-8.0, 75.1%), on a ventilator for >48 hours (3.0; 2.0-5.5; 88.1%), deep vein thrombosis/thrombophlebitis (12.5, 5.2-19.7, 41.3%), urinary tract infection (13.0, 7.0-20.0, 44.2%), pneumonia (8.0, 4.0-16.0, 60.5%), and pulmonary embolism (14.0, 6.0-20.0, 29.1%). Most complications were associated with increased mortality and length-of-stay. CONCLUSIONS Postoperative meningioma resection complications have varying morbidity and timeframes. Surgeons should be aware of complication timing to better manage postoperative care.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Warren J, Gibbs A, Mpody C, Nafiu OO, Tobias JD, Willer BL. Failure to rescue following postoperative pneumonia in pediatrics: Is there a racial disparity? Paediatr Anaesth 2024; 34:220-224. [PMID: 38055569 DOI: 10.1111/pan.14815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Racial disparities in measures of health and healthcare processes are well described. Limited work exists on disparities in failure to rescue - hospital mortality following a major adverse event. Postoperative pneumonia is a serious, potentially preventable adverse event that often leads to death, i.e., failure to rescue. This study examined the association of racial grouping with failure to rescue following postoperative pneumonia. METHODS We utilized the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatrics Participant Use Data File to assemble a cohort of children <18 years who underwent inpatient surgery from 2012 to 2022. We included Black and White patients who developed pneumonia following an index surgery. The primary outcome was failure to rescue, defined as mortality following postoperative pneumonia. We used logistic regression models to estimate the odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals of failure to rescue, comparing Black and White children. RESULTS The study cohort included 3139 children <18 years who developed pneumonia following inpatient surgery. Of those, 2333 (74.3%) were White and 806 (25.7%) were Black. Failure to rescue occurred in 117 of the children (3.7%); 82 were White (3.5%) and 35 were Black (4.3%). After adjusting for gender, age, American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification, emergent/urgent vs. elective case status, year of operation, and pre-existing comorbidities, the odds of failure to rescue for Black children with postoperative pneumonia did not differ from White children (adjusted-Odds Ratio: 1.00; 95% Confidence Interval 0.62-1.61; p-value = .992). CONCLUSION We found no significant difference in the odds of failure to rescue following postoperative pneumonia between Black or White children. To improve postoperative care for all children and to narrow the racial gap in postoperative mortality, future studies should continue to investigate the association of race with failure to rescue following other postoperative complications.
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- Jalen Warren
- Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin Campus and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
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- The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Grönroos-Korhonen MT, Koskenvuo LE, Mentula PJ, Nykänen TP, Koskensalo SK, Leppäniemi AK, Sallinen VJ. Impact of hospital volume on failure to rescue for complications requiring reoperation after elective colorectal surgery: multicentre propensity score-matched cohort study. BJS Open 2024; 8:zrae025. [PMID: 38597158 PMCID: PMC11004787 DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND It has previously been reported that there are similar reoperation rates after elective colorectal surgery but higher failure-to-rescue (FTR) rates in low-volume hospitals (LVHs) versus high-volume hospitals (HVHs). This study assessed the effect of hospital volume on reoperation rate and FTR after reoperation following elective colorectal surgery in a matched cohort. METHODS Population-based retrospective multicentre cohort study of adult patients undergoing reoperation for a complication after an elective, non-centralized colorectal operation between 2006 and 2017 in 11 hospitals. Hospitals were divided into either HVHs (3 hospitals, median ≥126 resections per year) or LVHs (8 hospitals, <126 resections per year). Patients were propensity score-matched (PSM) for baseline characteristics as well as indication and type of elective surgery. Primary outcome was FTR. RESULTS A total of 6428 and 3020 elective colorectal resections were carried out in HVHs and LVHs, of which 217 (3.4%) and 165 (5.5%) underwent reoperation (P < 0.001), respectively. After PSM, 142 patients undergoing reoperation remained in both HVH and LVH groups for final analyses. FTR rate was 7.7% in HVHs and 10.6% in LVHs (P = 0.410). The median Comprehensive Complication Index was 21.8 in HVHs and 29.6 in LVHs (P = 0.045). There was no difference in median ICU-free days, length of stay, the risk for permanent ostomy or overall survival between the groups. CONCLUSION The reoperation rate and postoperative complication burden was higher in LVHs with no significant difference in FTR compared with HVHs.
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- Marie T Grönroos-Korhonen
- Gastroenterological Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Gastroenterological Surgery, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
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- Gastroenterological Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Gastroenterological Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Gastroenterological Surgery, Hyvinkää Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Gastroenterological Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Gastroenterological Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Gastroenterological Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Doğan R, Doğan A, Karasu F, Bağci N. Evaluation of Surgical Clinic Nurses' Knowledge Levels About Palliative Surgery. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2024; 41:133-139. [PMID: 37050888 DOI: 10.1177/10499091231170084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Currently, palliative care plays an important role in increasingly aging populations and their long-term care needs. Surgical palliative care is important for improving quality of life. This study aimed to determine the knowledge level of nurses working in surgical clinics about palliative surgery. METHOD This research was conducted as a descriptive study. We included 182 nurses working in surgical clinics who agreed to participate and met the inclusion criteria for participation in the study. The Personal Information and Palliative Surgery Information Forms were used to collect data. Data were collected between November 30, and December 15, 2022. The analysis of the data obtained was performed using the Statistical Program in Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 25. The level of significance was set at P < .05. RESULTS Nurses referred to palliative care as end-of-life care, 73.1% did not care for palliative care patients, and 84.6% did not receive training in palliative care. Surgical clinic nurses were found to have "moderate knowledge about palliative surgery. A statistically significant difference was found between the average palliative surgery knowledge of surgical clinic nurses and those trained in education and palliative care (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS The results of the study showed that surgical clinic nurses had moderate knowledge about palliative surgery. Moreover, the nurses who have received training in palliative care and had high level of education exhibited a higher level of knowledge.
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- Runida Doğan
- Faculty of Nursing, Department of Surgical Nursing, İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Toros University, Mersin, Turkey
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- Yusuf Şerefoğlu Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilis, Turkey
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- Malatya Training and Research Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Malatya, Turkey
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White SJ, Condon B, Ditton-Phare P, Dodd N, Gilroy J, Hersh D, Kerr D, Lambert K, McPherson ZE, Mullan J, Saad S, Stubbe M, Warren-James M, Weir KR, Gilligan C. Enhancing effective healthcare communication in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: Considerations for research, teaching, policy, and practice. PEC INNOVATION 2023; 3:100221. [PMID: 37822775 PMCID: PMC10562187 DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Objective In this article we present a conceptual framework for enhancing effective healthcare communication in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Methods Through an iterative, deliberative dialogue approach, we, as experts from a variety of health professions and academic disciplines, worked together to identify core values and considerations for healthcare communication across numerous health professions and disciplines and within research, teaching, policy, and practice contexts. Results The framework developed includes five core values at its centre: equitable, inclusive, evidence-based, collaborative, reflective. Around this are concentric circles showing key elements of collaborators, modality, context, and purpose. Each of these is explored. Conclusion This work may support benchmarking for healthcare providers, researchers, policymakers, and educators across a breadth of professions to help improve communication in clinical practice. The framework will also help to identify areas across disciplines that are shared and potentially idiosyncratic for various professions to promote interprofessional recognition, education, and collaboration. Innovation This framework is designed to start conversations, to form the foundation of a dialogue about the priorities and key considerations for developing teaching curricula, professional development, and research programs related to healthcare communication, providing a set of values specifically for the unique contexts of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It can also be used to guide interdisciplinary healthcare professionals in advancing research, teaching, policy, and practice related to healthcare communication.
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- Sarah J. White
- Centre for Social Impact, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Warrnambool Clinical School, Deakin University, Warrnambool, Australia
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- School of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Institute for Healthcare Transformation, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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- School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- RPA Virtual Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia
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- Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia and Institute of Primary Health Care BIHAM, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- School of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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Holder AL, Khanna AK, Scott MJ, Rossetti SC, Rinehart JB, Linn DD, Weichert J, Dellinger RP. A Delphi Process to Identify Relevant Outcomes That May Be Associated With a Predictive Analytic Tool to Detect Hemodynamic Deterioration in the Intensive Care Unit. Cureus 2023; 15:e50169. [PMID: 38186415 PMCID: PMC10771798 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.50169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Background The critical care literature has seen an increase in the development and validation of tools using artificial intelligence for early detection of patient events or disease onset in the intensive care unit (ICU). The hemodynamic stability index (HSI) was found to have an AUC of 0.82 in predicting the need for hemodynamic intervention in the ICU. Future studies using this tool may benefit from targeting those outcomes that are more relevant to clinicians and most achievable. Methods A three-round Delphi study was conducted with a panel of 10 critical care physicians and three nurses in the United States to identify outcomes that may be most relevant and achievable with the HSI when evaluated for use in the ICU. To achieve criteria for relevance, at least 65% of panelists had to rate an outcome as a 4 or 5 on a 5-point scale. Results Nineteen of 24 outcomes that may be associated with the HSI achieved consensus for relevance. The Kemeny-Young approach was used to develop a matrix depicting the distribution of outcomes considering both relevance and achievability. "Reduces time spent in hemodynamic instability" and "reduces times to recognition of hemodynamic instability" were the highest-ranking outcomes considering both relevance and achievability. Conclusion This Delphi study was a feasible method to identify relevant outcomes that may be associated with an appropriate predictive analytic tool in the ICU. These findings can provide insight to researchers looking to study such tools to impact outcomes relevant to critical care practitioners. Future studies should test these tools in the ICU that target the most clinically relevant and achievable outcomes, such as time spent hemodynamically unstable or time until actionable nursing assessment or treatment.
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- Andre L Holder
- Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
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- Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, USA
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- Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Biomedical Informatics and Nursing, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
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- Hospital Patient Monitoring, Philips Research North America, Cambridge, USA
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- Clinical Development, Philips Research Netherlands BV, Eindhoven, NLD
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Babroudi S, Mohanty S, Rajwani A, Guzman L, Topper L, Asber S, Freund K, Kher S. Development and Implementation of an Escalation Protocol for Internal Medicine Trainees. ATS Sch 2023; 4:517-527. [PMID: 38196684 PMCID: PMC10773492 DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2023-0009in] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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Background Overnight, physicians in training receive less direct supervision. Decreased direct supervision requires trainees to appropriately assess patients at risk of clinical deterioration and escalate to supervising physicians. Failure of trainees to escalate contributes to adverse patient safety events. Objective To standardize the evaluation of patients at risk of deterioration overnight by internal medicine residents, increase communication between residents and supervising physicians, and improve perceptions of patient safety at a tertiary academic medical center. Methods A multidisciplinary stakeholder team developed an overnight escalation-of-care protocol for residents. The protocol was implemented with badge buddies and an educational campaign targeted at residents, supervising physicians, and nursing staff. Residents and supervising physicians completed anonymous surveys to assess the use of the protocol; the frequency of overnight communication between residents and supervising physicians; and perceptions of escalation and patient safety before, immediately after ("early postintervention"), and 8 months after ("delayed postintervention") the intervention. Results Seventy-five (100%) residents participated in the intervention, and 57-89% of those invited to complete surveys at the various time points responded. After the intervention, 82% of residents reported using the protocol, though no change was observed in the frequency of communication between residents and supervising physicians. After the implementation, residents perceived that patient care was safer (early postintervention, 47%; delayed postintervention, 72%; P = 0.02), and interns expressed decreased fear of waking and being criticized by supervising physicians. Conclusion An escalation-of-care protocol was developed and successfully implemented using a multimodal approach. The implementation and dissemination of the protocol standardized resident escalation overnight and improved resident-perceived patient safety and interns' comfort with escalation.
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- Seda Babroudi
- Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical
Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical
Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Quality and Patient Safety,
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical
Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical
Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and
Sleep Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Willer BL, Mpody C, Nafiu O, Tobias JD. Racial Disparities in Pediatric Mortality Following Transfusion Within 72 Hours of Operation. J Pediatr Surg 2023; 58:2429-2434. [PMID: 37652843 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Postoperative bleeding and transfusion are correlated with mortality risk. Furthermore, postoperative bleeding may often initiate the cascade of complications that leads to death. Given that minority children have increased risk of surgical complications, this study aimed to investigate the association of race with pediatric surgical mortality following postoperative transfusion. METHODS We used the NSQIP-P PUF to assemble a retrospective cohort of children <18 who underwent inpatient surgery during 2012-2021. We included White, Black, Hispanic, and 'Other' children who received a transfusion within 72 h of surgery. The primary outcome was defined as all-cause mortality within 30 days following the primary surgical procedure. Using logistic regression models, we estimated the risk-adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of mortality, comparing each racial/ethnic cohort to White children. RESULTS A total of 466,230 children <18 years of age underwent inpatient surgical procedures from 2012 to 2021. Of these, 46,200 required transfusion and were included in our analysis. The majority of patients were non-Hispanic White (64.6%, n = 29,850), while 18.9% (n = 8752) were non-Hispanic Black, 11.7% (n = 5387) were Hispanic, and 4.8% (n = 2211) were 'Other' race. The overall rate of mortality following transfusion was 2.5%. White children had the lowest incidence of mortality (2.0%), compared to children of 'Other' race (2.5%), Hispanic children (3.1%), and Black children (3.6%). After adjusting for sex, age, comorbidities, case status, preoperative transfusion within 48 h, and year of operation, we found that Black children experienced 1.24 times the odds of mortality following a postoperative transfusion compared to a White child (aOR: 1.24; 95%CI, 1.03-1.51; P = 0.025). Hispanic children were also significantly more likely to die following a postoperative transfusion than White children (aOR: 1.19; 95%CI, 1.02-1.39; P = 0.027). CONCLUSION We found that minority children who required a postoperative transfusion had a higher odds of death than White children. Future studies should explore adverse events following postoperative transfusion and the differences in their management by race that may contribute to the higher mortality rate for minority children. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level II. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER AND REGISTRY Not applicable.
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- Brittany L Willer
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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Arnal-Velasco D. The three ages balance for patient safety. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2023; 36:649-651. [PMID: 37871297 DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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The evolution of the patient safety perspectives, the technological age, the human factor age and the safety management age, have no clear cut and coexist. The current edition of the Current Opinion in Anesthesiology Technology, Education and Safety section presents an eclectic compendium of articles addressing these views from the technological improvements, human factor developments and organizational safety management impacting patient safety. Every solution, every patch to fill the cheese hole, holding the domino piece to fall, opens a new disruption elsewhere that needs to be addressed following the zero-preventable harm path.
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- Daniel Arnal-Velasco
- Unit of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Alcorcon, Alcorcon, Spain
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Cornell L, Datson K. Call 4 Concern: the impact of a patient-and-relative-activated service. BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING (MARK ALLEN PUBLISHING) 2023; 32:1039-1045. [PMID: 38006586 DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2023.32.21.1039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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The aim of this project was to introduce and evaluate the Call 4 Concern© (C4C) service, which provides patients and relatives with direct access to critical care outreach services (CCOS). This allows patients and relatives an additional platform to raise concerns related to the clinical condition and facilitate early recognition of a deteriorating patient. The introduction of Call 4 Concern at a district general hospital was inspired by the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where staff have been pioneering the service in the UK since 2009. They were able to demonstrate the potential to prevent clinical deterioration and improve the patients' and relatives' experiences. The project was originally inspired by the Condition H(elp) system in the USA, which was set up following the death of an 18-month-old child who died of preventable causes. Similar tragic cases in the USA and the UK have prompted campaigning by affected families, resulting in the widespread adoption of comparable services. The project was rolled out in the authors' trust for all adult inpatients. There was a 2-week implementation phase to raise awareness. Between 22 February 2022 and 22 February 2023, the CCOS team received 39 C4C referrals, representing approximately 2.13% of the total CCOS activity. Clinical deterioration of a patient was prevented in at least three cases, alongside overwhelming positive feedback from service users.
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Benson B, Belle A, Lee S, Bassin BS, Medlin RP, Sjoding MW, Ward KR. Prediction of episode of hemodynamic instability using an electrocardiogram based analytic: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Anesthesiol 2023; 23:324. [PMID: 37737164 PMCID: PMC10515416 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-023-02283-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Predicting the onset of hemodynamic instability before it occurs remains a sought-after goal in acute and critical care medicine. Technologies that allow for this may assist clinicians in preventing episodes of hemodynamic instability (EHI). We tested a novel noninvasive technology, the Analytic for Hemodynamic Instability-Predictive Indicator (AHI-PI), which analyzes a single lead of electrocardiogram (ECG) and extracts heart rate variability and morphologic waveform features to predict an EHI prior to its occurrence. METHODS Retrospective cohort study at a quaternary care academic health system using data from hospitalized adult patients between August 2019 and April 2020 undergoing continuous ECG monitoring with intermittent noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) or with continuous intraarterial pressure (IAP) monitoring. RESULTS AHI-PI's low and high-risk indications were compared with the presence of EHI in the future as indicated by vital signs (heart rate > 100 beats/min with a systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg or a mean arterial blood pressure of < 70 mmHg). 4,633 patients were analyzed (3,961 undergoing NIBP monitoring, 672 with continuous IAP monitoring). 692 patients had an EHI (380 undergoing NIBP, 312 undergoing IAP). For IAP patients, the sensitivity and specificity of AHI-PI to predict EHI was 89.7% and 78.3% with a positive and negative predictive value of 33.7% and 98.4% respectively. For NIBP patients, AHI-PI had a sensitivity and specificity of 86.3% and 80.5% with a positive and negative predictive value of 11.7% and 99.5% respectively. Both groups performed with an AUC of 0.87. AHI-PI predicted EHI in both groups with a median lead time of 1.1 h (average lead time of 3.7 h for IAP group, 2.9 h for NIBP group). CONCLUSIONS AHI-PI predicted EHIs with high sensitivity and specificity and within clinically significant time windows that may allow for intervention. Performance was similar in patients undergoing NIBP and IAP monitoring.
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- Bryce Benson
- Fifth Eye Inc, 110 Miller Avenue, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, USA
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- Fifth Eye Inc, 110 Miller Avenue, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, USA
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- Fifth Eye Inc, 110 Miller Avenue, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5301, USA
- Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, University of Michigan, NCRC 10-A103 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5301, USA
- Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, University of Michigan, NCRC 10-A103 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, University of Michigan, NCRC 10-A103 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5642, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5301, USA.
- Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, University of Michigan, NCRC 10-A103 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Roy JM, Rumalla K, Skandalakis GP, Kazim SF, Schmidt MH, Bowers CA. Failure to rescue as a patient safety indicator for neurosurgical patients: are we there yet? A systematic review. Neurosurg Rev 2023; 46:227. [PMID: 37672166 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-023-02137-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Failure to rescue (FTR) is a standardized patient safety indicator (PSI-04) developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to assess the ability of a healthcare team to prevent mortality following a major complication. However, FTR rates vary and are impacted by non-modifiable individual patient characteristics such as baseline frailty. This raises concerns regarding the validity of FTR as an objective quality metric, as not all patients have the same baseline frailty level, or physiological reserve, to recover from major complications. Literature from other surgical specialties has identified flaws in FTR and called for risk-adjusted metrics. Currently, knowledge of factors influencing FTR and its subsequent implementation in neurosurgical patients are limited. The present review assesses trends in FTR utilization to assess how FTR performs as an objective neurosurgery quality metric. This review then proposes how FTR may be best modified to optimize use in neurosurgical patients. A PubMed search was performed to identify articles published until August 9, 2023. Studies that reported FTR as an outcome in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures were included. A qualitative assessment was performed using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS). The initial search revealed 1232 citations. After a title and abstract screen, followed by a full text screen, 12 studies met criteria for inclusion. These articles measured FTR across a total of 764,349 patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures. Five studies analyzed FTR with regard to hospital characteristics, and three studies utilized patient characteristics to predict FTR. All studies were considered high quality based on the NOS. Modifications in criteria to measure FTR are necessary since FTR depends on patient characteristics like frailty. This would allow for the incorporation of risk-adjusted FTR metrics that would aid in clinical decision making in neurosurgical patients.
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- Joanna M Roy
- Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, India
- Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH), 1 University New Mexico, MSC10 5615, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH), 1 University New Mexico, MSC10 5615, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH), 1 University New Mexico, MSC10 5615, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH), 1 University New Mexico, MSC10 5615, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH), 1 University New Mexico, MSC10 5615, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 1 University New Mexico, MSC10 5615, Albuquerque, NM, 81731, USA.
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Perri G, van Hilst J, Li S, Besselink MG, Hogg ME, Marchegiani G. Teaching modern pancreatic surgery: close relationship between centralization, innovation, and dissemination of care. BJS Open 2023; 7:zrad081. [PMID: 37698977 PMCID: PMC10496870 DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrad081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pancreatic surgery is increasingly moving towards centralization in high-volume centres, supported by evidence on the volume-outcome relationship. At the same time, minimally invasive pancreatic surgery is becoming more and more established worldwide, and interest in new techniques, such as robotic pancreatoduodenectomy, is growing. Such recent innovations are reshaping modern pancreatic surgery, but they also represent new challenges for surgical training in its current form. METHODS This narrative review presents a chosen selection of literature, giving a picture of the current state of training in pancreatic surgery, together with the authors' own views, and in the context of centralization and innovation towards minimally invasive techniques. RESULTS Centralization of pancreatic surgery at high-volume centres, volume-outcome relationships, innovation through minimally invasive technologies, learning curves in both traditional and minimally invasive surgery, and standardized training paths are the different, but deeply interconnected, topics of this article. Proper training is essential to ensure quality of care, but innovation and centralization may represent challenges to overcome with new training models. CONCLUSION Innovations in pancreatic surgery are introduced with the aim of increasing the quality of care. However, their successful implementation is deeply dependent on dissemination and standardization of surgical training, adapted to fit in the changing landscape of modern pancreatic surgery.
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- Giampaolo Perri
- Department of General and Pancreatic Surgery, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, location VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, location VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of HPB Surgery, NorthShore Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences (DiSCOG), University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Magouliotis DE, Xanthopoulos A, Zotos PA, Arjomandi Rad A, Tatsios E, Bareka M, Briasoulis A, Triposkiadis F, Skoularigis J, Athanasiou T. The Emerging Role of "Failure to Rescue" as the Primary Quality Metric for Cardiovascular Surgery and Critical Care. J Clin Med 2023; 12:4876. [PMID: 37510991 PMCID: PMC10381557 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12144876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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We conducted a thorough literature review on the emerging role of failure to rescue (FTR) as a quality metric for cardiovascular surgery and critical care. For this purpose, we identified all original research studies assessing the implementation of FTR in cardiovascular surgery and critical care from 1992 to 2023. All included studies were evaluated for their quality. Although all studies defined FTR as mortality after a surgical complication, a high heterogeneity has been reported among studies regarding the included complications. There are certain factors that affect the FTR, divided into hospital- and patient-related factors. The identification of these factors allowed us to build a stepwise roadmap to reduce the FTR rate. Recently, FTR has further evolved as a metric to assess morbidity instead of mortality, while being also evaluated in the context of interventional cardiology. All these advances are further discussed in the current review, thus providing all the necessary information to surgeons, anesthesiologists, and physicians willing to implement FTR as a metric of quality in their establishment.
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- Dimitrios E Magouliotis
- Unit of Quality Improvement, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 10679 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK
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Ubels S, Matthée E, Verstegen M, Klarenbeek B, Bouwense S, van Berge Henegouwen MI, Daams F, Dekker JWT, van Det MJ, van Esser S, Griffiths EA, Haveman JW, Nieuwenhuijzen G, Siersema PD, Wijnhoven B, Hannink G, van Workum F, Rosman C, Heisterkamp J, Polat F, Schouten J, Singh P, Eshuis WJ, Kalff MC, Feenstra ML, van der Peet DL, Stam WT, Van Etten B, Poelmann F, Vuurberg N, Willem van den Berg J, Martijnse IS, Matthijsen RM, Luyer M, Curvers W, Nieuwenhuijzen T, Taselaar AE, Kouwenhoven EA, Lubbers M, Sosef M, Lecot F, Geraedts TC, van den Wildenberg F, Kelder W, Lubbers M, Baas PC, de Haas JW, Hartgrink HH, Bahadoer RR, van Sandick JW, Hartemink KJ, Veenhof X, Stockmann H, Gorgec B, Weeder P, Wiezer MJ, Genders CM, Belt E, Blomberg B, van Duijvendijk P, Claassen L, Reetz D, Steenvoorde P, Mastboom W, Klein Ganseij HJ, van Dalsen AD, Joldersma A, Zwakman M, Groenendijk RP, Montazeri M, Mercer S, Knight B, van Boxel G, McGregor RJ, Skipworth RJ, Frattini C, Bradley A, Nilsson M, Hayami M, Huang B, Bundred J, Evans R, Grimminger PP, van der Sluis PC, Eren U, Saunders J, Theophilidou E, Khanzada Z, Elliott JA, Ponten J, King S, Reynolds JV, Sgromo B, Akbari K, Shalaby S, Gutschow CA, Schmidt H, Vetter D, Moorthy K, Ibrahim MA, Christodoulidis G, Räsänen JV, Kauppi J, Söderström H, Koshy R, Manatakis DK, Korkolis DP, Balalis D, Rompu A, Alkhaffaf B, Alasmar M, Arebi M, Piessen G, Nuytens F, Degisors S, Ahmed A, Boddy A, Gandhi S, Fashina O, Van Daele E, Pattyn P, Robb WB, Arumugasamy M, Al Azzawi M, Whooley J, Colak E, Aybar E, Sari AC, Uyanik MS, Ciftci AB, Sayyed R, Ayub B, Murtaza G, Saeed A, Ramesh P, Charalabopoulos A, Liakakos T, Schizas D, Baili E, Kapelouzou A, Valmasoni M, Pierobon ES, Capovilla G, Merigliano S, Constantinoiu S, Birla R, Achim F, Rosianu CG, Hoara P, Castro RG, Salcedo AF, Negoi I, Negoita VM, Ciubotaru C, Stoica B, Hostiuc S, Colucci N, Mönig SP, Wassmer CH, Meyer J, Takeda FR, Aissar Sallum RA, Ribeiro U, Cecconello I, Toledo E, Trugeda MS, Fernández MJ, Gil C, Castanedo S, Isik A, Kurnaz E, Videira JF, Peyroteo M, Canotilho R, Weindelmayer J, Giacopuzzi S, De Pasqual CA, Bruna M, Mingol F, Vaque J, Pérez C, Phillips AW, Chmelo J, Brown J, Koshy R, Han LE, Gossage JA, Davies AR, Baker CR, Kelly M, Saad M, Bernardi D, Bonavina L, Asti E, Riva C, Scaramuzzo R, Elhadi M, Ahmed HA, Elhadi A, Elnagar FA, Msherghi AA, Wills V, Campbell C, Cerdeira MP, Whiting S, Merrett N, Das A, Apostolou C, Lorenzo A, Sousa F, Barbosa JA, Devezas V, Barbosa E, Fernandes C, Smith G, Li EY, Bhimani N, Chan P, Kotecha K, Hii MW, Ward SM, Johnson M, Read M, Chong L, Hollands MJ, Allaway M, Richardson A, Johnston E, Chen AZ, Kanhere H, Prasad S, McQuillan P, Surman T, Trochsler M, Schofield W, Ahmed SK, Reid JL, Harris MC, Gananadha S, Farrant J, Rodrigues N, Fergusson J, Hindmarsh A, Afzal Z, Safranek P, Sujendran V, Rooney S, Loureiro C, Fernández SL, Díez del Val I, Jaunoo S, Kennedy L, Hussain A, Theodorou D, Triantafyllou T, Theodoropoulos C, Palyvou T, Elhadi M, Ben Taher FA, Ekheel M, Msherghi AA. Practice variation in anastomotic leak after esophagectomy: Unravelling differences in failure to rescue. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 2023; 49:974-982. [PMID: 36732207 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2023.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Failure to rescue (FTR) is an important outcome measure after esophagectomy and reflects mortality after postoperative complications. Differences in FTR have been associated with hospital resection volume. However, insight into how centers manage complications and achieve their outcomes is lacking. Anastomotic leak (AL) is a main contributor to FTR. This study aimed to assess differences in FTR after AL between centers, and to identify factors that explain these differences. METHODS TENTACLE - Esophagus is a multicenter, retrospective cohort study, which included 1509 patients with AL after esophagectomy. Differences in FTR were assessed between low-volume (<20 resections), middle-volume (20-60 resections) and high-volume centers (≥60 resections). Mediation analysis was performed using logistic regression, including possible mediators for FTR: case-mix, hospital resources, leak severity and treatment. RESULTS FTR after AL was 11.7%. After adjustment for confounders, FTR was lower in high-volume vs. low-volume (OR 0.44, 95%CI 0.2-0.8), but not versus middle-volume centers (OR 0.67, 95%CI 0.5-1.0). After mediation analysis, differences in FTR were found to be explained by lower leak severity, lower secondary ICU readmission rate and higher availability of therapeutic modalities in high-volume centers. No statistically significant direct effect of hospital volume was found: high-volume vs. low-volume 0.86 (95%CI 0.4-1.7), high-volume vs. middle-volume OR 0.86 (95%CI 0.5-1.4). CONCLUSION Lower FTR in high-volume compared with low-volume centers was explained by lower leak severity, less secondary ICU readmissions and higher availability of therapeutic modalities. To reduce FTR after AL, future studies should investigate effective strategies to reduce leak severity and prevent secondary ICU readmission.
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- Sander Ubels
- Department of Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Surgery, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, ZGT Hospital Group, Almelo, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Operating Rooms, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Surgery, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Stevens A, Meier J, Bhat A, Balentine C. Hospital Performance on Failure to Rescue Correlates With Likelihood of Home Discharge. J Surg Res 2023; 287:107-116. [PMID: 36893609 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Failure to rescue (FTR) (avoiding death after complications) has been proposed as a measure of hospital quality. Although surviving complications is important, not all rescues are created equal. Patients also place considerable values on being able to return home after surgery and resume their normal lives. From a systems standpoint, nonhome discharge to skilled nursing and other facilities is the biggest driver of Medicare costs. We wanted to determine whether hospitals' ability to keep patients alive after complications was associated with higher rates of home discharge. We hypothesized that hospitals with higher rescue rates would also be more likely to discharge patients home after surgery. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the nationwide inpatient sample. We included 1,358,041 patients ≥18 y old who had elective major surgery (general, vascular, orthopedic) at 3818 hospitals from 2013 to 2017. We predicted the correlation between a hospital's performance (rank) on FTR and its rank in terms of home discharge rate. RESULTS The cohort had a median age of 66 y (interquartile range [IQR] 58-73), and 77.9% of patients were Caucasian. Most patients (63.6%) were treated at urban teaching institutions. The surgical case mix included patients having colorectal (146,993 patients; 10.8%), pulmonary (52,334; 3.9%), pancreatic (13,635; 1.0%), hepatic (14,821; 1.1%), gastric (9182; 0.7%), esophageal (4494; 0.3%), peripheral vascular bypass (29,196; 2.2%), abdominal aneurysm repair (14,327; 1.1%), coronary artery bypass (61,976; 4.6%), hip replacement (356,400; 26.2%), and knee replacement (654,857; 48.2%) operations. The overall mortality was 0.3%, the average hospital complication rate was 15.9%, the median hospital rescue rate was 99% (IQR 70%-100%), and the median hospital rate of home discharge was 80% (IQR 74%-85%).There was a small but positive correlation between hospitals' performance on the FTR metric and the likelihood of home discharge after surgery (r = 0.0453; P = 0.006). When considering hospital rates of discharge to home following a postoperative complication, there was a similar correlation between rescue rates and probability of home discharge (r = 0.0963; P < 0.001). However, on sensitivity analysis excluding orthopedic surgery, there was a stronger correlation between rescue rates and home discharge rate (r = 0.4047, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS We found a small correlation between a hospital's ability to rescue patients from complication and that hospital's likelihood of discharging patients home after surgery. When excluding orthopedic operations from the analysis, this correlation strengthened. Our findings suggest that efforts to reduce mortality after complications will likely also help patients return home more frequently after complex surgery. However, more work needs to be done to identify successful programs and other patient and hospital factors that affect both rescue and home discharge.
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- Audrey Stevens
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas; Surgical Center for Outcomes, Implementation, and Novel Interventions (S-COIN), Dallas, Texas.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas; Surgical Center for Outcomes, Implementation, and Novel Interventions (S-COIN), Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas; Surgical Center for Outcomes, Implementation, and Novel Interventions (S-COIN), Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas; VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas; Surgical Center for Outcomes, Implementation, and Novel Interventions (S-COIN), Dallas, Texas
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Routine Postsurgical Anesthesia Visit to Improve 30-day Morbidity and Mortality: A Multicenter, Stepped-wedge Cluster Randomized Interventional Study (The TRACE Study). Ann Surg 2023; 277:375-380. [PMID: 34029230 PMCID: PMC9891267 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the impact of a standardized postoperative anesthesia visit on 30-day mortality in medium to high-risk elective surgical patients. BACKGROUND Postoperative complications are the leading cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Although modified early warning scores (MEWS) were instituted to monitor vital functions and improve postoperative outcome, we hypothesized that complementary anesthesia expertise is needed to adequately identify early deterioration. METHODS In a prospective, multicenter, stepped-wedge cluster randomized interventional study in 9 academic and nonacademic hospitals in the Netherlands, we studied the impact of adding standardized postoperative anesthesia visits on day 1 and 3 to routine use of MEWS in 5473 patients undergoing elective noncardiac surgery. Primary outcome was 30-day mortality. Secondary outcomes included: incidence of postoperative complications, length of hospital stay, and intensive care unit admission. RESULTS Patients were enrolled between October 2016 and August 2018. Informed consent was obtained from 5473 patients of which 5190 were eligible for statistical analyses, 2490 in the control and 2700 in the intervention group. Thirty-day mortality was 0.56% (n = 14) in the control and 0.44% (n = 12) in the intervention group (odds ratio 0.74, 95% Confidence interval 0.34-1.62). Incidence of postoperative complications did not differ between groups except for renal complications which was higher in the control group (1.7% (n = 41) vs 1.0% (n = 27), P = 0.014). Median length of hospital stay did not differ significantly between groups. During the postanesthesia visits, for 16% (n = 437) and 11% (n = 293) of patients recommendations were given on day 1 and 3, respectively, of which 67% (n = 293) and 69% (n = 202) were followed up. CONCLUSIONS The combination of MEWS and a postoperative anesthesia visit did not reduce 30-day mortality. Whether a postoperative anesthesia visit with strong adherence to the recommendations provided and in a high-risk population might have a stronger impact on postoperative mortality remains to be determined. TRIAL REGISTRATION Netherlands Trial Registration, NTR5506/ NL5249, https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/5249.
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Al-Ghabeesh SH, Thabet A, Rayan A, Abu-Snieneh HM. Qualitative study of challenges facing emergency departments nurses in Jordan. Heliyon 2023; 9:e14141. [PMID: 36938388 PMCID: PMC10015203 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Worldwide, nurses employed in the Emergency Department (ED) face many challenges that negatively influence their well-being and ability to provide high-quality patient care. Previous researchers have investigated these challenges regarding their causes, consequences, and how to deal with them. However, most of the previous research addressed these challenges using quantitative research. The current study is the first qualitative study that examined these challenges in the Jordanian context. A descriptive naturalistic qualitative design was used to explore the most critical challenges facing nurses employed in the ED and described the suggested solutions for these challenges from nurses' perspectives. Ten registered nurses employed in the most prominent ED in Jordan were selected through purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Thematic analysis technique was used to analyze data. Six main themes emerged: the definition of challenge, challenges facing registered nurses in the emergency department (five sub-themes), preventive measurements, possible solutions (five sub-themes), effects of the challenges (two sub-themes), and future challenges. The outcomes of this study could be integrated into the educational curricula to prepare new nurses to deal with these challenges in the future after graduation and contribute to finding solutions and solving some significant problems facing registered nurses in the ED. The hospital administrators and the policymakers should develop effective interventions to overcome the challenges facing nurses in the ED to ensure a better work environment and high-quality patient care.
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- Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Faculty of Nursing, Amman, Jordan
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- Zarqa University, Faculty of Nursing, Zarqa, Jordan
- Corresponding author.
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Jimenez-Rosales R, Lopez-Tobaruela JM, Lopez-Vico M, Ortega-Suazo EJ, Martinez-Cara JG, Redondo-Cerezo E. Performance of the New ABC and MAP(ASH) Scores in the Prediction of Relevant Outcomes in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12031085. [PMID: 36769733 PMCID: PMC9917936 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12031085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background & Aims: Several risk scores have been proposed for risk-stratification of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. ABC score was found more accurate predicting mortality than AIMS65. MAP(ASH) is a simple, pre-endoscopy score with a great ability to predict intervention and mortality. The aim of this study was to compare ABC and MAP(ASH) discriminative ability for the prediction of mortality and intervention in UGIB. As a secondary aim we compared both scores with Glasgow-Blatchford score and AIMS65. Methods: Our study included patients admitted to the emergency room of Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital with UGIB (2017-2020). Information regarding clinical, biochemical tests and procedures was collected. Main outcomes were in-hospital mortality and a composite endpoint for intervention. Results: MAP(ASH) and ABC had similar AUROCs for mortality (0.79 vs. 0.80). For intervention, MAP(ASH) (AUROC = 0.75) and ABC (AUROC = 0.72) were also similar. Regarding rebleeding, AUROCs of MAP(ASH) and ABC were 0.67 and 0.61 respectively. No statistically differences were found in these outcomes. With a low threshold for MAP(ASH) ≤ 2, ABC and MAP(ASH) classified a similar proportion of patients as being at low risk of death (42% vs. 45.2%), with virtually no mortality under these thresholds. Conclusions: MAP(ASH) and ABC were similar for the prediction of relevant outcomes for UGIB, such as intervention, rebleeding and in-hospital mortality, with an accurate selection of low-risk patients. MAP(ASH) has the advantage of being easier to calculate even without the aid of electronic tools.
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- Rita Jimenez-Rosales
- Department of Gastroenterology, “Virgen de las Nieves” University Hospital, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, “Virgen de las Nieves” University Hospital, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
- University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, “Virgen de las Nieves” University Hospital, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, “Virgen de las Nieves” University Hospital, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, “Virgen de las Nieves” University Hospital, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, “Virgen de las Nieves” University Hospital, Avenida de las Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain
- Biosanitary Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA), 18014 Granada, Spain
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Gross CR, Adams DH, Patel P, Varghese R. Failure to Rescue: A Quality Metric for Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Critical Care. Can J Cardiol 2023; 39:487-496. [PMID: 36621563 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Failure to rescue, defined as mortality after a surgical complication, is a widely accepted quality metric across many specialties and is becoming an important metric in cardiac surgery. The failure to rescue metric provides a target for improvements in patient outcomes after complications occur. To be used appropriately, the failure to rescue metric must be defined using a prespecified set of life-threatening and rescuable complications. Successful patient rescue requires a systematic approach of complication recognition, timely escalation of care, effective medical management, and mitigation of additional complications. This process requires contributions from cardiac surgeons, intensivists, and other specialists including cardiologists, neurologists, and anaesthesiologists. Factors that affect failure to rescue rates in cardiac surgery and cardiovascular critical care include nurse staffing ratios, intensivist coverage, advanced specialist support, hospital and surgical volume, the presence of trainees, and patient comorbidities. Strategies to improve patient rescue include working to understand the mechanisms of failure to rescue, anticipating postoperative complications, prioritizing microsystem factors, enhancing early escalation of care, and educating and empowering junior clinicians. When used appropriately, the failure to rescue quality metric can help institutions focus on improving processes of care that minimize morbidity and mortality from rescuable complications after cardiac surgery.
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- Caroline R Gross
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
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Buitrago-Ruiz M, Martinez-Nicolas I, Soria-Aledo V. Validation of prolonged length of stay as a reliable measure of failure to rescue in colorectal surgery. Asian J Surg 2023; 46:126-131. [PMID: 35317966 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Failure-to-rescue measures a hospital's response capacity to avoid the death of a patient after a complication. The aim of this study was to validate the use of prolonged length of stay to calculate failure-to-rescue rates as a substitute for traditional coding of complications in colorectal cancer surgery. METHOD We performed a cross-sectional between-instruments agreement study. Our study population was comprised of 204 colorectal cancer surgical patients from a public academic hospital during 2017 and 2018. We obtained two failure-to-rescue indicators from administrative data: an indicator using International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition, (ICD-10) codes; and another one using a cut-off point of prolonged length of stay as a predictor of patients with complications. Then, they were compared with a reference indicator from clinical records. RESULTS Failure-to-rescue rates were between 10 and 13.64 for the study site depending on which indicator was used. A hospital stay ≥10 days had the maximum Youden's index (0.6) and an area under the ROC curve of 0.87. This was used in the failure-to-rescue indicator using prolonged length, which obtained the highest agreement (any coefficient >0.75). CONCLUSION ICD-10 codes identified complications poorly. Prolonged length of stay could be a valid replacement of ICD-10 codes when measuring failure-to-rescue in administrative databases for colorectal surgical patients.
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- Morales Meseguer General University Hospital Murcia, Spain; Surgery Department, University of Murcia Murcia, Spain; Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB), 30120 Murcia, Spain.
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Likosky DS, Strobel RJ, Wu X, Kramer RS, Hamman BL, Brevig JK, Thompson MP, Ghaferi AA, Zhang M, Lehr EJ. Interhospital failure to rescue after coronary artery bypass grafting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 165:134-143.e3. [PMID: 33712236 PMCID: PMC8679510 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.01.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated whether interhospital variation in mortality rates for coronary artery bypass grafting was driven by complications and failure to rescue. METHODS An observational study was conducted among 83,747 patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting between July 2011 and June 2017 across 90 hospitals. Failure to rescue was defined as operative mortality among patients developing complications. Complications included the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 5 major complications (stroke, surgical reexploration, deep sternal wound infection, renal failure, prolonged intubation) and a broader set of 19 overall complications. After creating terciles of hospital performance (based on observed:expected mortality), each tercile was compared on the basis of crude rates of (1) major and overall complications, (2) operative mortality, and (3) failure to rescue (among major and overall complications). The correlation between hospital observed and expected (to address confounding) failure to rescue rates was assessed. RESULTS Median Society of Thoracic Surgeons predicted mortality risk was similar across hospital observed:expected mortality terciles (P = .831). Mortality rates significantly increased across terciles (low tercile: 1.4%, high tercile: 2.8%). Although small in magnitude, rates of major (low tercile: 11.1%, high tercile: 12.2%) and overall (low tercile: 36.6%, high tercile: 35.3%) complications significantly differed across terciles. Nonetheless, failure to rescue rates increased substantially across terciles among patients with major (low tercile: 9.1%, high tercile: 14.3%) and overall (low tercile: 3.3%, high tercile: 6.8%) complications. Hospital observed and expected failure to rescue rates were positively correlated among patients with major (R2 = 0.14) and overall (R2 = 0.51) complications. CONCLUSIONS The reported interhospital variability in successful rescue after coronary artery bypass grafting supports the importance of identifying best practices at high-performing hospitals, including early recognition and management of complications.
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- Donald S Likosky
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Me
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- Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Tex
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- Providence St Joseph Heart Institute, Renton, Wash; Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett, Wash
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Wash
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Kushniruk A, Høigaard R, Berg H, Steinsbekk A, Haraldstad K. Usability Evaluation of the Preoperative ISBAR (Identification, Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) Desktop Virtual Reality Application: Qualitative Observational Study. JMIR Hum Factors 2022; 9:e40400. [PMID: 36580357 PMCID: PMC9837706 DOI: 10.2196/40400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Systematic communication, such as the ISBAR (identification, situation, background, assessment, recommendation) approach, comprises a generic, transferable nontechnical skill. It can be used during the handover of patients set to undergo surgery and can be practiced in various ways, including virtual reality (VR). VR increasingly has been implemented and valued in nursing education as a positive contribution to teach students about pre- and postoperative nursing. A new nonimmersive 3D learning activity called the Preoperative ISBAR Desktop VR Application has been developed for undergraduate nursing students to learn preoperative handover using the ISBAR approach. However, the usability of this learning activity has not been studied. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate how second-year undergraduate nursing students evaluated the usability of the Preoperative ISBAR Desktop VR Application. METHODS This was a qualitative study with observation and interviews. The inclusion criteria were undergraduate second-year nursing students of varying ages, gender, and anticipated technological competence. The System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire was used to get a score on overall usability. RESULTS A total of 9 second-year nursing students aged 22-29 years participated in the study. The average score on the SUS was 83 (range 0-100), which equals a "B" on the graded scale and is excellent for an adjective-grade rating. The students expressed increased motivation to learn while working in self-instructed desktop VR. Still, a few technical difficulties occurred, and some students reported that they experienced some problems comprehending the instructions provided in the application. Long written instructions and a lack of self-pacing built into the application were considered limitations. CONCLUSIONS The nursing students found the application to be usable overall, giving it an excellent usability score and noting that the application provided opportunities for active participation, which was motivational and facilitated their perceived learning outcomes. The next version of the application, to be used in a randomized controlled trial, will be upgraded to address technological and comprehension issues.
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- Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Department of Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Ålesund, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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Sutton E, Booth L, Ibrahim M, McCulloch P, Sujan M, Willars J, Mackintosh N. Am I safe? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Vulnerability as Experienced by Patients With Complications Following Surgery. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2022; 32:2078-2089. [PMID: 36321384 PMCID: PMC9709529 DOI: 10.1177/10497323221136956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Abdominal surgery carries with it risks of complications. Little is known about patients' experiences of post-surgical deterioration. There is a real need to understand the psychosocial as well as the biological aspects of deterioration in order to improve care and outcomes for patients. Drawing on in-depth interviews with seven abdominal surgery survivors, we present an idiographic account of participants' experiences, situating their contribution to safety within their personal lived experiences and meaning-making of these episodes of deterioration. Our analysis reveals an overarching group experiential theme of vulnerability in relation to participants' experiences of complications after abdominal surgery. This encapsulates the uncertainty of the situation all the participants found themselves in, and the nature and seriousness of their health conditions. The extent of participants' vulnerability is revealed by detailing how they made sense of their experience, how they negotiated feelings of (un)safety drawing on their relationships with family and staff and the legacy of feelings they were left with when their expectations of care (care as imagined) did not meet the reality of their experiences (care as received). The participants' experiences highlight the power imbalance between patients and professionals in terms of whose knowledge counts within the hospital context. The study reveals the potential for epistemic injustice to arise when patients' concerns are ignored or dismissed. Our data has implications for designing strategies to enable escalation of care, both in terms of supporting staff to deliver compassionate care, and in strengthening patient and family involvement in rescue processes.
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- Elizabeth Sutton
- Department of Health Sciences,
University
of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical
Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of General Surgery,
Maimonides
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical
Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical
Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Human Factors Everywhere
Ltd., UK
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- Department of Health Sciences,
University
of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences,
University
of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Pasquer A, Pascal L, Polazzi S, Skinner S, Poncet G, Lifante JC, Duclos A. Association of Hospital Bed Turnover With Patient Outcomes in Digestive Surgery. ANNALS OF SURGERY OPEN 2022; 3:e229. [PMID: 37600282 PMCID: PMC10406035 DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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To determine the influence of hospital bed turnover rate (BTR) on the occurrence of complications following minor or major digestive surgery. Background Performance improvement in surgery aims at increasing productivity while preventing complications. It is unknown whether this relationship can be influenced by the complexity of surgery. Methods A nationwide retrospective cohort study was conducted, based on generalized estimating equation modeling to determine the effect of hospital BTR on surgical outcomes, adjusting for patient mix and clustering within 631 public and private French hospitals. All patients who underwent minor or major digestive surgery between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2018 were included. Hospital BTR was defined as the annual number of stays per bed for digestive surgery and categorized into tertiles. The primary endpoint was a composite measurement of events occurring within 30 days after surgery: inpatient death, extended intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and reoperation. Results Rate of adverse events was 2.51% in low BTR hospitals versus 2.25% in high BTR hospitals for minor surgery, and 16.79% versus 16.83% for major surgery. Patients who underwent minor surgery in high BTR hospitals experienced lower complications (odds ratio [OR], 0.89; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.81-0.97; P = 0.009), mortality (OR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.78-0.98, P = 0.02), ICU admission (OR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.70-0.99; P = 0.03), and reoperation (OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.85-0.97; P = 0.002) compared to those in low BTR hospitals. Such differences were not consistently observed among patients admitted for major surgery. Conclusions High turnover of patients in beds is beneficial for minor procedures, but questionable for major surgeries.
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- Arnaud Pasquer
- From the Research on Healthcare Performance RESHAPE, Inserm U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Department of Digestive and Colorectal Surgery, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Research on Healthcare Performance RESHAPE, Inserm U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Health Data Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Research on Healthcare Performance RESHAPE, Inserm U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Health Data Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Research on Healthcare Performance RESHAPE, Inserm U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Health Data Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- Department of Digestive and Colorectal Surgery, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Research on Healthcare Performance RESHAPE, Inserm U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Department of Endocrine Surgery, Lyon Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- From the Research on Healthcare Performance RESHAPE, Inserm U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Health Data Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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Chui JN, Papachristos AJ, Mechera R, Sidhu SB, Sywak MS, Lee JC, Gundara J, Lai C, Glover AR. Unexpected deaths after endocrine surgery: learning from rare events using a national audit of surgical mortality. Br J Surg 2022; 109:1164-1171. [PMID: 35927948 PMCID: PMC10364700 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The mortality rate is low in endocrine surgery, making it a difficult outcome to use for quality improvement in individual units. Lessons from population data sets are of value in improving outcomes. Data from the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) were used here to understand and elucidate potential systems issues that may contribute to preventable deaths. METHODS ANZASM data relating to 30-day mortality after thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, and adrenalectomy from 2009 to 2020 were reviewed. Mortality rates were calculated using billing data. Thematic analysis of independent assessor reports was conducted to produce a coding framework. RESULTS A total of 67 deaths were reported, with an estimated mortality rate of 0.03-0.07 per cent (38 for thyroidectomy (0.03-0.06 per cent), 16 for parathyroidectomy (0.03-0.06 per cent), 13 for adrenalectomy (0.15-0.33 per cent)). Twenty-seven deaths (40 per cent) were precipitated by clinically significant adverse events, and 18 (27 per cent) were judged to be preventable by independent ANZASM assessors. Recurrent themes included inadequate preoperative assessment, lack of anticipation of intraoperative pitfalls, and failure to recognize and effectively address postoperative complications. Several novel themes were reiterated, such as occult ischaemic heart disease associated with death after parathyroid surgery, unexpected intraoperative difficulties from adrenal metastasis, and complications due to anticoagulation therapy after thyroid surgery. CONCLUSION This study represents a large-scale national report of deaths after endocrine surgery and provides insights into these rare events. Although the overall mortality rate is low, 27 per cent of deaths involved systems issues that were preventable following independent peer review.
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District and Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District and Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Endocrine Surgery Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District and Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Redland Hospital, Metro South and Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Surgery, Logan Hospital, Metro South and School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Logan, Australia
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- Division of Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Correspondence to: Anthony R. Glover, Royal North Shore Hospital Level 3, Endocrine and Oncology, ASB, St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia (e-mail: )
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Shaltiel T, Gleeson EM, Pletcher ER, Golas BJ, Magge DR, Sarpel U, Labow DM, Cohen NA. Hypophosphatemia is Associated With Postoperative Morbidity After Cytoreductive Surgery and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Retrospective Study. J Surg Res 2022; 277:60-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Voldby AW, Boolsen AW, Aaen AA, Burcharth J, Ekeløf S, Loprete R, Jønck S, Eskandarani HA, Thygesen LC, Møller AM, Brandstrup B. Complications and Their Association with Mortality Following Emergency Gastrointestinal Surgery-an Observational Study. J Gastrointest Surg 2022; 26:1930-1941. [PMID: 35606601 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-021-05240-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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PURPOSE Emergency gastrointestinal surgery is followed by a high risk of major complications and death. This study aimed to investigate which complications showed the strongest association with death following emergency surgery for gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation. METHODS We retrospectively included adults who had undergone emergency gastrointestinal surgery for radiologically verified obstruction or perforation at three Danish hospitals between 2014 and 2015. The exposure variables comprised 16 predefined Clavien-Dindo-graded complications. Cox regression with delayed entry was used to analyze the association of these complications with 90-day mortality. We adjusted for hospital, age, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, pre-operative Sepsis-2 score, cardiac comorbidity, renal comorbidity, hypertension, active cancer, bowel obstruction or perforation, and the surgical procedure. Subgroup analyses were done for patients with gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation. RESULTS Of the 349 included patients, 281 (80.5%) experienced at least one complication. The risk of death was 20.6% (14) for patients with no complications and varied between 21 and 57% for patients with complications. Renal impairment (hazard ratio (HR): 6.8 (95%CI: 3.7-12.4)), arterial thromboembolic events (HR 4.8 (2.3-9.9)), and atrial fibrillation (HR 4.4 (2.8-6.8)) showed the strongest association with 90-day mortality. Atrial fibrillation was the only complication significantly associated with death in patients with gastrointestinal obstruction as well as perforation. CONCLUSION This study of patients undergoing emergency gastrointestinal surgery revealed that renal impairment, arterial thromboembolic events, and atrial fibrillation had the strongest association with death. Atrial fibrillation may serve as an in-situ marker of patients needing escalation of care.
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- Anders Winther Voldby
- Department of Surgery, Holbæk Hospital, Part of Copenhagen University Hospitals, Smedelundsgade 60, 4300, Holbaek, Denmark.
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- Department of Surgery, Holbæk Hospital, Part of Copenhagen University Hospitals, Smedelundsgade 60, 4300, Holbaek, Denmark
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Holbæk Hospital, Holbæk, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Holbæk Hospital, Holbæk, Denmark
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Holbæk Hospital, Holbæk, Denmark
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- Department of Population Health and Morbidity, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Holbæk Hospital, Part of Copenhagen University Hospitals, Smedelundsgade 60, 4300, Holbaek, Denmark
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Personalized Medicine in Acute Care Surgery: Are We Ready to Deal with Our Failures? J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12081322. [PMID: 36013272 PMCID: PMC9409891 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12081322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Grönroos-Korhonen MT, Koskenvuo LE, Mentula PJ, Koskensalo SK, Leppäniemi AK, Sallinen VJ. Failure to rescue after reoperation for major complications of elective and emergency colorectal surgery: A population-based multicenter cohort study. Surgery 2022; 172:1076-1084. [DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Standards for Professional Registered Nurse Staffing for Perinatal Units. Nurs Womens Health 2022; 26:e1-e94. [PMID: 35750618 DOI: 10.1016/j.nwh.2022.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Standards for Professional Registered Nurse Staffing for Perinatal Units. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2022; 51:e5-e98. [PMID: 35738987 DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Beane A, Wijesiriwardana W, Pell C, Dullewe NP, Sujeewa JA, Rathnayake RMD, Jayasinghe S, Dondorp AM, Schultsz C, Haniffa R. Recognising the deterioration of patients in acute care wards: a qualitative study. Wellcome Open Res 2022; 7:137. [PMID: 37601318 PMCID: PMC10435917 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17624.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Background: Infrastructure, equipment and staff constraints are often cited as barriers to the recognition and rescue of deteriorating patients in resource-limited settings. The impact of health-system organisation, decision-making and organisational culture on recognition of deterioration is however poorly understood. This study explores how health care providers recognise deterioration of patients in acute care in Sri Lanka. Methods: In-depth interviews exploring decision making and care processes related to recognition of deterioration, were conducted with a purposive sample of 23 health care workers recruited from ten wards at a district hospital in Sri Lanka. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and coded thematically, line-by-line, using a general inductive approach. Results: A legacy of initial assessment on admission and inimical organisational culture undermined recognition of deteriorating patients in hospital. Informal triaging at the time of ward admission resulted in patients presenting with red-flag diagnoses and vital sign derangement requiring resuscitation being categorised as "bad". The legacy of this categorisation was a series of decision-making biases anchored in the initial assessment, which remained with the patient throughout their stay. Management for patients categorised as "bad" was prioritised by healthcare workers coupled with a sense of fatalism regarding adverse outcomes. Health care workers were reluctant to deviate from the original plan of care despite changes in patient condition (continuation bias). Organisational culture - vertical hierarchy, siloed working and a reluctance to accept responsibility- resulted in omissions which undermined recognition of deterioration. Fear of blame was a barrier to learning from adverse events. Conclusions: The legacy of admission assessment and hospital organisational culture undermined recognition of deterioration. Opportunities for improving recognition of deterioration in this setting may include establishing formal triage and medical emergency teams to facilitate timely recognition and escalation.
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- Abi Beane
- Nat-Intensive Care Surveillance, MORU, Colombo, 08, Sri Lanka
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, 105 BP, The Netherlands
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- Nat-Intensive Care Surveillance, MORU, Colombo, 08, Sri Lanka
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- Monaragala District General Hospital, Monaragala, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Medical Humanities, University of Colombo, Colombo, 8, Sri Lanka
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- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, 105 BP, The Netherlands
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- Nat-Intensive Care Surveillance, MORU, Colombo, 08, Sri Lanka
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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Schmitzberger FF, Hall AE, Hughes ME, Belle A, Benson B, Ward KR, Bassin BS. Detection of Hemodynamic Status Using an Analytic Based on an Electrocardiogram Lead Waveform. Crit Care Explor 2022; 4:e0693. [PMID: 35620767 PMCID: PMC9116956 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Delayed identification of hemodynamic deterioration remains a persistent issue for in-hospital patient care. Clinicians continue to rely on vital signs associated with tachycardia and hypotension to identify hemodynamically unstable patients. A novel, noninvasive technology, the Analytic for Hemodynamic Instability (AHI), uses only the continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a typical hospital multiparameter telemetry monitor to monitor hemodynamics. The intent of this study was to determine if AHI is able to predict hemodynamic instability without the need for continuous direct measurement of blood pressure. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Single quaternary care academic health system in Michigan. PATIENTS Hospitalized adult patients between November 2019 and February 2020 undergoing continuous ECG and intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring in an intensive care setting. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS One million two hundred fifty-two thousand seven hundred forty-two 5-minute windows of the analytic output were analyzed from 597 consecutive adult patients. AHI outputs were compared with vital sign indications of hemodynamic instability (heart rate > 100 beats/min, systolic blood pressure < 90 mm Hg, and shock index of > 1) in the same window. The observed sensitivity and specificity of AHI were 96.9% and 79.0%, respectively, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.90 for heart rate and systolic blood pressure. For the shock index analysis, AHI's sensitivity was 72.0% and specificity was 80.3% with an AUC of 0.81. CONCLUSIONS The AHI-derived hemodynamic status appropriately detected the various gold standard indications of hemodynamic instability (hypotension, tachycardia and hypotension, and shock index > 1). AHI may provide continuous dynamic hemodynamic monitoring capabilities in patients who traditionally have intermittent static vital sign measurements.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Critical Care, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
- Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Critical Care, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
- Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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Ali SR, Dobbs TD, Whitaker IS. Using a ChatBot to support clinical decision-making in free flap monitoring. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2022; 75:2387-2440. [PMID: 35667994 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.04.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Flap monitoring charts and escalation protocols are ubiquitous amongst microsurgical departments and can facilitate converting flap observations into flap monitoring decisions. However, human factors in the recognition-communication process of decision-making still pose a threat to timely intervention and thus are a key determinant of success in microvascular surgery. Digitally transforming paper-based pathways may facilitate early recognition and escalation to potentially salvage a free flap with compromised vascularity. We describe the early adoption and use case of a ChatBot to support clinical decision-making support for free flap monitoring - the 'FlapBot'.
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- Stephen R Ali
- Reconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom; Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Reconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom; Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Reconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom; Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
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Beane A, Wijesiriwardana W, Pell C, Dullewe NP, Sujeewa JA, Rathnayake RMD, Jayasinghe S, Dondorp AM, Schultsz C, Haniffa R. Recognising the deterioration of patients in acute care wards: a qualitative study. Wellcome Open Res 2022. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17624.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: Infrastructure, equipment and staff constraints are often cited as barriers to the recognition and rescue of deteriorating patients in resource-limited settings. The impact of health-system organisation, decision-making and organisational culture on recognition of deterioration is however poorly understood. This study explores how health care providers recognise deterioration of patients in acute care in Sri Lanka. Methods: In-depth interviews exploring decision making and care processes related to recognition of deterioration, were conducted with a purposive sample of 23 health care workers recruited from ten wards at a district hospital in Sri Lanka. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and coded thematically, line-by-line, using a general inductive approach. Results: A legacy of initial assessment on admission and inimical organisational culture undermined recognition of deteriorating patients in hospital. Informal triaging at the time of ward admission resulted in patients presenting with red-flag diagnoses and vital sign derangement requiring resuscitation being categorised as "bad". The legacy of this categorisation was a series of decision-making biases anchored in the initial assessment, which remained with the patient throughout their stay. Management for patients categorised as “bad” was prioritised by healthcare workers coupled with a sense of fatalism regarding adverse outcomes. Health care workers were reluctant to deviate from the original plan of care despite changes in patient condition (continuation bias). Organisational culture - vertical hierarchy, siloed working and a reluctance to accept responsibility- resulted in omissions which undermined recognition of deterioration. Fear of blame was a barrier to learning from adverse events. Conclusions: The legacy of admission assessment and hospital organisational culture undermined recognition of deterioration. Opportunities for improving recognition of deterioration in this setting may include establishing formal triage and medical emergency teams to facilitate timely recognition and escalation.
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Simpson F, Sweeney JF, Shaffer V, Sharma J. Redesigning a More Actionable, Service Line Specific, Surgical Performance Dashboard for an Academic Referral Hospital by Adding Severity of Post-Operative Complications. Am Surg 2022; 88:571-577. [PMID: 35287494 DOI: 10.1177/00031348211061694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Francis Simpson
- Department of Surgery in Atlanta, 12239Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery in Atlanta, 12239Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery in Atlanta, 12239Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery in Atlanta, 12239Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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A scoping review of barriers, facilitators and tools to escalation of care processes in the emergency department. CAN J EMERG MED 2022; 24:300-312. [DOI: 10.1007/s43678-022-00268-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Kennedy-Metz LR, Barbeito A, Dias RD, Zenati MA. Importance of high-performing teams in the cardiovascular intensive care unit. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163:1096-1104. [PMID: 33931232 PMCID: PMC8481338 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.02.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Lauren R. Kennedy-Metz
- Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass,Division of Cardiac Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass
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- Anesthesiology Service, Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC,Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass,Division of Cardiac Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass
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Hall-Lord ML, Ballangrud R. Patients’ Perceptions of Quality of Care: A Teamwork Intervention Study in a Surgical Ward. SAGE Open Nurs 2022; 8:23779608221076814. [PMID: 35155776 PMCID: PMC8829721 DOI: 10.1177/23779608221076814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Introduction Improving teamwork competencies among health care professionals is important for patient safety. Few previous studies have investigated whether a teamwork intervention has an impact on patients’ perceptions of quality of care. Objective To investigate patients’ perceptions of quality of care before and after the implementation of a team training program in a surgical ward. Methods A quasi-experimental pre- and posttest design was used. The TeamSTEPPS® team training program was implemented in a surgical ward. Three groups of consecutively sampled patients responded to the Quality from the Patient's Perspective (QPP) questionnaire including four dimensions with 25 items. In addition to the QPP, six items were developed for this study. In total, 223 patients responded to the questionnaire. The mean age was 59.6 years, and there were 128 males and 94 females. Results The physical-technical condition dimension and four items showed significantly higher scores after six months of intervention. The majority of the patients scored quality of care in the four dimensions as very high at all three time points. Younger patients reported the lowest care quality. Conclusion The results in this study indicate that the teamwork intervention had a minimal impact on the patients’ perceptions of quality of care, with only significant differences between baseline and six months of intervention in one dimension and three items. At each data collection time point, the numbers of patients who perceived quality of care as modest decreased slightly. Younger patients were more likely to perceive care quality as modest.
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- Marie Louise Hall-Lord
- Department of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway
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- Department of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway
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Michard F. Should we M.O.N.I.T.O.R ward patients differently? Eur J Anaesthesiol 2022; 39:97-99. [PMID: 34799500 DOI: 10.1097/eja.0000000000001613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Moderators and Other Predictors of Methylphenidate Response in Children and Adolescents with ADHD. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19031640. [PMID: 35162663 PMCID: PMC8834961 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Methylphenidate (MPH) is the treatment of first choice for developmental ADHD. To date, no reliable method to predict how patients will respond to MPH exists and conflicting results are reported on clinical characteristics of responders. The present study aims to give a more precise characterization of the patients who will respond best to MPH to help clinicians in defining the treatment plan. Age, neuropsychological functioning (i.e., attention and working memory), and behavioral/emotional symptoms of 48 drug-naïve children and adolescents with ADHD (42 boys and 6 girls, age-range 6–16 years, mean age 10.5 ± 2.5 years, mean IQ 101.3 ± 11.2) were studied to assess how these different characteristics affected a single-dose MPH response. Four hierarchical linear regression models were used to explore whether age, neuropsychological measures at baseline, and behavioral/emotional symptoms could predict attention and working memory measures after a single-dose MPH administration. We found that improvement in attention and working memory was predicted by age, neuropsychological measures at baseline, and severity of ADHD symptoms. No behavioral and emotional symptoms predicted single-dose MPH response with the exception of conduct symptoms.
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Sujan M, Bilbro N, Ross A, Earl L, Ibrahim M, Bond-Smith G, Ghaferi A, Pickup L, McCulloch P. Failure to rescue following emergency surgery: A FRAM analysis of the management of the deteriorating patient. APPLIED ERGONOMICS 2022; 98:103608. [PMID: 34655965 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Failure to rescue (FTR) denotes mortality from post-operative complications after surgery with curative intent. High-volume, low-mortality units have similar complication rates to others, but have lower FTR rates. Effective response to the deteriorating post-operative patient is therefore critical to reducing surgical mortality. Resilience Engineering might afford a useful perspective for studying how the management of deterioration usually succeeds and how resilience can be strengthened. METHODS We studied the response to the deteriorating patient following emergency abdominal surgery in a large surgical emergency unit, using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM). FRAM focuses on the conflicts and trade-offs inherent in the process of response, and how staff adapt to them, rather than on identifying and eliminating error. 31 semi-structured interviews and two workshops were used to construct a model of the response system from which conclusions could be drawn about possible ways to strengthen system resilience. RESULTS The model identified 23 functions, grouped into five clusters, and their respective variability. The FRAM analysis highlighted trade-offs and conflicts which affected decisions over timing, as well as strategies used by staff to cope with these underlying tensions. Suggestions for improving system resilience centred on improving team communication, organisational learning and relationships, rather than identifying and fixing specific system faults. CONCLUSION FRAM can be used for analysing surgical work systems in order to identify recommendations focused on strengthening organisational resilience. Its potential value should be explored by empirical evaluation of its use in systems improvement.
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- M Sujan
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK; Human Factors Everywhere Ltd., UK.
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK; Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Dental School, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK; Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
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Wells CI, Xu W, Penfold JA, Keane C, Gharibans AA, Bissett IP, O’Grady G. OUP accepted manuscript. BJS Open 2022; 6:6564495. [PMID: 35388891 PMCID: PMC8988014 DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Wearable devices have been proposed as a novel method for monitoring patients after surgery to track recovery, identify complications early, and improve surgical safety. Previous studies have used a heterogeneous range of devices, methods, and analyses. This review aimed to examine current methods and wearable devices used for monitoring after abdominal surgery and identify knowledge gaps requiring further investigation. Methods A scoping review was conducted given the heterogeneous nature of the evidence. MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Scopus databases were systematically searched. Studies of wearable devices for monitoring of adult patients within 30 days after abdominal surgery were eligible for inclusion. Results A total of 78 articles from 65 study cohorts, with 5153 patients were included. Thirty-one different wearable devices were used to measure vital signs, physiological measurements, or physical activity. The duration of postoperative wearable device use ranged from 15 h to 3 months after surgery. Studies mostly focused on physical activity metrics (71.8 per cent). Continuous vital sign measurement and physical activity tracking both showed promise for detecting postoperative complications earlier than usual care, but conclusions were limited by poor device precision, adherence, occurrence of false alarms, data transmission problems, and retrospective data analysis. Devices were generally well accepted by patients, with high levels of acceptance, comfort, and safety. Conclusion Wearable technology has not yet realized its potential to improve postoperative monitoring. Further work is needed to overcome technical limitations, improve precision, and reduce false alarms. Prospective assessment of efficacy, using an intention-to-treat approach should be the focus of further studies.
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- Cameron I. Wells
- Correspondence to: Cameron Wells, Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre 1142, New Zealand (e-mail:)
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Surgery, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Surgery, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
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