Why the study?
Does a care bundle reduce mortality in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy?
Does a care bundle reduce mortality in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy?
Implementation of a care bundle through a collaborative quality improvement project can improve outcomes following emergency laparotomy.
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May support care bundle use in emergency laparotomy; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Emergency laparotomy is a common intra-abdominal procedure with outcomes recognized to be poor. Efforts are being made to improve these outcomes, both nationally and internationally. This article describes the methodology of a successfully implemented collaborative quality improvement project that improved outcomes following emergency laparotomy in four NHS trusts.
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Quiney et al. (2015) studied this question.
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