Optimizing Patients Prior to Surgery Funding: Agency for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Optimizing Patients Prior to Surgery Funding: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Life Sciences Discovery Fund Nestle HealthCare Nutrition UW Patient Safety Innovation Program UW Department of Surgery
Funding:
Offer resources to hospitals and clinics to help them
in four target areas
best practices in clinical practice
Drive improvements to make surgery safer by getting research results back into health care practice to facilitate system change
smoking habits and history
establish a quit plan
could cause bleeding and cardiac risks
surgical patients
surgical outcome
appropriate intervention
improve recovery
SCOAP: Albumin and Complications
Elective Colon/Rectal Procedures 2011
more prevalent for smokers
surgery decreases risk of adverse events
nonsmokers
benefits of quitting for life
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
All Patients Neurosurgery Orthopedic
Never Smoker Prior Smoker Current Smoker
Hyperglycemia doubles the risk of SSI
Of the adult population over 65 years:
35% had prediabetes
Some medications and herbal remedies increase risk of bleeding
Beta‐blocker continuation, however, is associated with fewer cardiac events and mortality
presurgical assessments and QI initiatives
Hospital/Clinic Expectations:
and support champion
post‐implementation
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