Key result
Evaluating Acute Pain Teams via routine data remains exploratory for post-operative stay and mortality.
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Does the introduction of Acute Pain Teams (APTs) reduce post-operative length of stay and in-patient post-operative mortality in surgical patients?
Does the introduction of Acute Pain Teams (APTs) reduce post-operative length of stay and in-patient post-operative mortality in surgical patients?
This paper discusses the feasibility of using routine hospital data to evaluate the impact of Acute Pain Teams on post-operative outcomes such as length of stay and mortality.
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Feasibility of routine data for Acute Pain Team evaluation shown; leaves open effects on post-operative length of stay and mortality.
Acute Pain Teams (APTs) in every hospital performing surgery have been advocated to improve the management of post-operative pain. Poor postoperative analgesia is a perennial problem that may result in complications such as chest infection and pulmonary embolus which may have an impact on outcomes such as mortality and length of stay. This paper considers the feasibility of using routine data to explore the impact of APTs on patient outcomes, using as an illustrative example a study which investigated relationships between the introduction of APTs and post-operative length of stay and in-patient post-operative mortality.
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McDonnell et al. (2005) studied Post-operative pain. Acute Pain Teams (APTs) was evaluated on Post-operative length of stay and in-patient post-operative mortality. The feasibility of using routine data to evaluate the impact of Acute Pain Teams on post-operative length of stay and mortality was explored, with no quantitative results reported in the abstract.
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