Erschienen in:
01.03.2017 | Editorials
Real-time physiologic monitoring and physician feedback: Are we ready?
verfasst von:
Ekta Khemani, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 3/2017
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Excerpt
In this edition of the
Journal, Görges
et al. present a quality improvement (QI) study on feedback to anesthesiologists regarding their management of intraoperative temperature monitoring.
1 Spine anesthesiologists at their centre were provided with individual and group feedback on two variables for patients undergoing scoliosis surgery, namely, the percentage of time that their patients were hypothermic and the time delay from the start of the case to the first temperature monitoring (i.e., the primary outcome). While the authors did not find a difference in clinical outcomes, the delay to temperature monitoring in the operating room was reduced when anesthesiologists were given individual and group data on intraoperative temperature. Furthermore, the authors reasoned that the reduction in time to monitor intraoperative temperature offers some evidence that providing feedback data on intraoperative vital signs may reduce physician variability and could eventually contribute to improved perioperative outcomes.
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