Background
Methods
Resources and designation of emergency surgery | |
Acute care unit structure | |
Reception and triage | |
Data systems, registry and evaluation | |
Rural emergency care and transfer | |
Paediatric emergency care | |
Geriatric emergency care | |
Interaction and laboratory, radiology, ICU gastroenterology | |
Quality assurance and performance improvement | |
Sepsis control in emergency room | |
Research in acute care surgery | |
Education in emergency surgery | |
Accreditation review and consultative program | |
Patient related outcomes measures |
Appendicitis | |
Cholecystitis | |
Pancreatitis | |
Perforated ulcer | |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | |
Bowel obstruction | |
Diverticulitis | |
Mesenteric ischaemia | |
Abdominal vascular emergencies | |
Coagulation | |
Complex pneumothorax and empyema | |
Septic shock in emergency; ICU | |
Fluid resuscitation in septic shock | |
Abdominal compartment syndrome | |
Geriatric care | |
Triage; ICU admission | |
Laboratory | |
Wound care | |
Emergency theatre | |
Health care systems |
Title | Negative appendectomy rate |
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Description | Percentage of negative appendectomies performed |
Rationale | It is an indicator of diagnostic efficiency. In order to avoid unnecessary surgery and decrease costs and complications. |
Target | < 10% appendixes removed are normal |
KPI collection frequency | Annually |
KPI reporting frequency | Annually |
KPI calculation | Numerator divided by denominator expressed as a percentage Numerator: number of patients underwent appendectomy with negative appendectomy Denominator: number of all patients underwent appendectomy |
Reporting aggregation | Hospital, hospital group |
Data source(s) | OR registry, medical records, patients chart, hospital discharge data, emergency surgery database |