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Quality indicators for structure and process in peri‐operative care: a systematic review

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Quality indicators are essential for benchmarking, quality assurance and driving improvement in healthcare. Many indicators exist for peri‐operative care but their relevance and evidence base vary. This systematic review updates a review published 10 years ago.
Sarah Kelly, Paige Cunnington, Harry Dunn, Isla Kuhn, Graham Martin, Mary Dixon‐Woods, Oliver Boney, S. Ramani Moonesinghe, Kristina Wanyonyi‐Kay   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women With Low Falls Are Less Likely To Be Admitted to a Specialist Trauma Unit: A Single Centre Observational Study of Older Adults

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Undertriage of women with trauma is associated with preventable deaths. This project was developed to determine whether older women with trauma were less likely to be admitted to a specialist trauma unit. Methods The study was undertaken at a specialist, level one trauma service and included all people aged 65 and older admitted ...
Katherine Gregorevic, Kwang Lim, Rachel Aitken, Alyssa Griffiths, David Read   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tale of Two Centres—Exploring Bedside Challenges to Implementing a Clinical Quality Registry for Abdominal Wall Hernias in Metropolitan Australia

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In an effort to improve hernia care and mesh product surveillance, the Australia and New Zealand Hernia Society (ANZ Hernia) has been setting up a prototype binational learning healthcare system virtual clinical quality registry (CQR) for clinical use.
Edward Young, Doug Fenton‐Lee, Julian Süsstrunk, Jorgen Ferguson, Matthew Amprayil, Yijie Yin, Rabieh Abu Assi, Alex Karatassas, Sanjeev Khurana, Chrys Hensman, Andrew Tse, Hamish Urquhart, Reginald V. N. Lord, Jean Wong, Darren Tonkin, Markus Trochsler, Guy J. Maddern   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antimicrobial use trends in Canadian adult hematology/oncology inpatient wards: a multi-year exploratory analysis from 2018 to 2023. [PDF]

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
Moyana C, Nguyen AK, Conly JM, Thirion DJG, Afra K, Bautista J, Comeau JL, Delport J, Émond Y, Evans GA, Fryters S, Lee BE, Li X, Pasay D, Rajakumar I, Sarhan MA, Slayter K, Tse-Chang A, Varsaneux O, Wong M, Bartoszko JJ.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of uropathogens in different inpatient wards

The predominant causative agent of urinary tract infections in children and adults is Escherichia coli , but it is necessary to appreciate the importance of other Gram-negative rods, especially in newborns.
Szabó, Dóra, Szász, M., Nagy, K., Lehotkai, Nóra, Kristóf, Katalin   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Potentially Preventable Mortality After Elective Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Insights From a National Surgical Mortality Audit

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant contributor to preventable deaths worldwide. The assessment of potentially avoidable mortality following elective CRC surgery has yet to be reported. The Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) seeks to peer‐review all deaths associated with surgical care.
Sergei Bedrikovetski, Luke Traeger, Nathan Procter, Helena S. Kopunic, Guy J. Maddern   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potentially‐Preventable Deaths Following Colorectal Surgery: A National Retrospective Cohort Study of Surgical Mortality

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Many deaths after colorectal resection may be preventable, but administrative datasets provide limited insights into the clinical processes leading to mortality. We used the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) to quantify potentially preventable deaths after colorectal surgery and describe modifiable ...
Cameron I. Wells, Scott J. P. McLaughlin, Matthew J. McGuiness, Maximillian O. Joret, Wasilwa Baraza, Greg O'Grady, Ian P. Bissett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the Grief Support in Healthcare Scale among frontline nursing professionals working in COVID-19 inpatient wards in Korea. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry, 2023
Ahn J, Bang YR, Cho E, Ahmed O, Kim JH, Hong Y, Chung S, Anderson KA.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Direct and indirect costs associated with declining distance visual acuity: A nationwide longitudinal cost‐of‐illness study with 11‐year follow‐up

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To examine the direct and indirect costs associated with declining distance visual acuity (VA). Methods A longitudinal approach was applied to a large, nationally representative sample with extensive data, including VA measured at two time points.
Joonas Taipale, Petri Purola, Janika Nättinen, Saku Väätäinen, Seppo Koskinen, Hannu Uusitalo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Survival to Recovery: 25 Years of Paediatric Critical Care Transformation in Israel

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To evaluate 25‐year national trends in paediatric intensive care utilisation, patient outcomes, rehospitalisations and regional resource distribution in Israel. Methods Retrospective, population‐based cohort study of all paediatric (0–17 years) ICU hospitalisations in Israel between 1999 and 2023.
Yael Applbaum, Shulamit Gordon, Isaac Manaster, Ziona Haklai, Joseph Mendlovic, Adi Avniel Aran, Uri Pollak   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source