Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicator for Postoperative Respiratory Failure (PSI 11) does not identify accurately patients who received unsafe care
Nguyen MC, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Strosberg DS, Puttmann KT, Pan YL, Eiferman DS. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicator for Postoperative Respiratory Failure (PSI 11) does not identify accurately patients who received unsafe care. Surgery 2016, 160: 858-868. PMID: 27528212, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedFemaleHealth Services ResearchHospital MortalityHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsQuality Indicators, Health CareRespiratory InsufficiencyRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSafety ManagementSeverity of Illness IndexSurgical Procedures, OperativeSurvival RateUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityConceptsPostoperative respiratory failureRespiratory failureUnsafe carePositive predictive valueHealthcare ResearchClinical factorsPredictive valueQuality Patient Safety IndicatorsDiseases-9 codesPatient safety indicatorsElectronic medical recordsPatient safety eventsTrue positive casesInpatient electronic medical recordHospital performance measuresClinical characteristicsMedical recordsOperative procedureExclusion criteriaInternational ClassificationSafety eventsCareDocumentation errorsPatientsIndependent reviewPreoperative antiplatelet use does not increase incidence of bleeding after major operations
Strosberg DS, Corbey T, Henry JC, Starr JE. Preoperative antiplatelet use does not increase incidence of bleeding after major operations. Surgery 2016, 160: 968-976. PMID: 27450711, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBlood Loss, SurgicalClopidogrelDatabases, FactualElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPostoperative HemorrhagePreoperative PeriodReference ValuesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSurgical Procedures, OperativeTiclopidineConceptsLast office visitPreoperative clopidogrel useOutcomes of patientsFinal study populationAdverse patient outcomesMajor operative proceduresAntiplatelet usePreoperative clopidogrelAntiplatelet therapyAspirin useElective situationsOperative interventionPeripheral ischemiaPreoperative periodBlood lossClopidogrel useHospital admissionPerioperative eventsOffice visitsSingle institutionMyocardial infarctionVascular operationsPatient outcomesOperative procedureClopidogrel