Anaesthesiologists' guideline adherence in pre-operative evaluation: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surveys suggest a low level of implementation of clinical guidelines, although they are intended to improve the quality of treatment and patient safety. Which guideline recommendations are not followed and why has yet to be analysed. In this study, we investigate the proportion of European and national guidelines followed in the area of pre-operative anaesthetic evaluation prior to non-cardiac surgery.

Methods

We conducted this monocentric retrospective observational study at a German university hospital with the help of software that logically links guidelines in such a way that individualised recommendations can be derived from a patient's data. We included routine logs of 2003 patients who visited our pre-anaesthesia outpatient clinic between June 2018 and June

SUBMITTER: Kagerbauer SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542447 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature