Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Kent P. Weinmeister

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• Research Article
  Day of Surgery Cancellations in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A One Year Review
  Author(s): Terrence L. Trentman, Jeff T. Mueller, Sharon L. Fassett, Carla L. Dormer and Kent P. WeinmeisterTerrence L. Trentman, Jeff T. Mueller, Sharon L. Fassett, Carla L. Dormer and Kent P. Weinmeister
  
  Objectives: Day of surgery cancellations inconvenience patients and waste resources. Herein, we report the results of a one-year review of day of surgery cancellations. The primary outcome was percent same day cancellations. Secondary measures included avoidable versus unavoidable cancellations and patient versus hospital related cancellations. Patients and Methods: Cancelled cases were recorded in real time and then retrospectively reviewed. Monthly and at the end of the study period, the authors reviewed all day of surgery cancelled cases to confirm the reason for cancellation and to judge the event as avoidable or unavoidable. Results: 238/12176 (1.96%) were cancelled on the day of surgery. In six cases, no explanatory documentation could be found. Therefore, 232 cases were available for analysis. One-hundred nine c.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000109

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