Key result
The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) provides risk-adjusted surgical outcome measures that can drive performance improvement and reduce postoperative respiratory complications.
The NSQIP provides a framework for tracking 30-day surgical outcomes and driving performance improvement initiatives to reduce complications like postoperative pneumonia.
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Supports NSQIP for surgical outcome tracking; leaves open prospective validation of complication reductions.
Fuchshuber et al. (2012) conducted a review in General surgery patients. National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) was evaluated on Postoperative mortality and morbidity (specifically respiratory complications). The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) provides risk-adjusted surgical outcome measures that can drive performance improvement and reduce postoperative respiratory complications.
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