Cancellation of elective surgery causes harm to the hospital and patients so it needs to be
prevented by using a risk management approach. The purpose of this research is to …

A few cancelled surgeries are due to surgical equipment issues representing a significant
burden to both patients and National Health Service (NHS) hospitals on waiting lists …

A significant proportion of cardiac surgery patients are frail. The first step to improve
outcomes is recognizing that despite reduced postoperative mortality in cardiac surgery …

Objetivo: Caracterizar a prevalência e as causas de suspensão das cirurgias eletivas
considerando determinantes clínicos e não clínicos. Método: Estudo exploratório …

Variation in the performance of providers across healthcare systems is pervasive. It is
recognised as both a major concern and an opportunity for learning and improvement …

La cancelación el día de la cirugía es frecuente, genera costos, retrasa la atención y
deteriora la salud de los pacientes. En nuestro medio no se ha evaluado la capacidad de la …

This Thesis investigated whether and how the Perioperative Quality Improvement
Programme (PQIP) supported local teams to use data for quality improvement of major …

Background On-the-day surgery cancellations (OTDSCs) have been a longstanding global
problem, bringing significant suffering to patients and carers, and substantial waste across …

Background: There has been a growth in the use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation (vv-ECMO) for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome over recent years …