1.
Top Health Inf Manage
; 22(2): 24-34, 2001 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11761789
ABSTRACT
Avoidable complications after successful carotid endarterectomy surgery typically occur in the immediate postoperative period; most of these complications are related to hemodynamic instability. At Saint Agnes Medical Center, process variation resulted from 22 anesthesiologists and 11 surgeons doing the same process 242 ways. We introduced a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Carotid Order Set to standardize the process, drug sequence, and drug choices for postoperative carotid endarterectomy patients. Ongoing monitoring demonstrated that this reduction in process variability resulted in a lower complication rate for stroke and wound hematoma.
Subject(s)
Endarterectomy, Carotid/nursing , Postanesthesia Nursing/standards , Process Assessment, Health Care/methods , Recovery Room/standards , Algorithms , California , Critical Pathways , Endarterectomy, Carotid/adverse effects , Guideline Adherence , Humans , Hypertension/drug therapy , Hypertension/etiology , Hypotension/drug therapy , Hypotension/etiology , Organizational Case Studies , Postoperative Complications/drug therapy , Quality Indicators, Health Care , Recovery Room/statistics & numerical data
2.
Am Surg
; 48(11): 563-6, 1982 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7149471
3.
Am Surg
; 47(3): 116-20, 1981 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7212454
Subject(s)
Cholestasis, Extrahepatic , Acute Kidney Injury/etiology , Adult , Aged , Biliary Tract Neoplasms/complications , Bilirubin/blood , Cholestasis, Extrahepatic/diagnosis , Cholestasis, Extrahepatic/mortality , Cholestasis, Extrahepatic/surgery , Female , Gallstones/complications , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pancreatic Diseases/complications , Postoperative Complications
4.
Surgery
; 86(3): 368-76, 1979 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-314168
Subject(s)
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/therapy , Adult , Aged , Arteriovenous Malformations/complications , Colonic Diseases/complications , Colonic Diseases/surgery , Diverticulum, Colon/complications , Female , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/diagnosis , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology , Humans , Intestine, Small , Intestines/blood supply , Male , Middle Aged , Rectal Diseases/complications , Rectal Diseases/surgery , Vasopressins/therapeutic use
5.
J Am Osteopath Assoc
; 75(12): 1024-8, 1976 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1048131
Subject(s)
Headache/therapy , Pain Management , Spine , Cervical Vertebrae , Humans , Manipulation, Orthopedic , Posture
6.
Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med
; 112(4): 760-3, 1971 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4935091