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Escalation Of Care After Admission Within 24 Hours, Joseph Jean, Md, Mitchell Berman, Md, Christopher Ponce, Md, Kory London, Md
Escalation Of Care After Admission Within 24 Hours, Joseph Jean, Md, Mitchell Berman, Md, Christopher Ponce, Md, Kory London, Md
House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)
Objectives
- Identify high risk patients in the ED who require hospital admission and may need higher levels of care.
- Identify patterns or diagnoses in the ED that predispose patient care to escalations after admission.
Small Bowel Obstruction: Facilitating Diagnosis And Optimizing Resuscitation And Management, Robin Naples, Md, Kendrick Law, Md, Quinton Campbell, Md, Ryan Bateman, Md
Small Bowel Obstruction: Facilitating Diagnosis And Optimizing Resuscitation And Management, Robin Naples, Md, Kendrick Law, Md, Quinton Campbell, Md, Ryan Bateman, Md
House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)
Introduction
As a common surgical emergency that presents in our Emergency Department, Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) is a disease process where appropriate treatment relies on early detection, fluid resuscitation, and gastric decompression. Despite SBO representing a common emergency, many patients experience inadequate or delayed management as compared to established guidelines, potentially leading to suboptimal treatment and resolution of SBO. As order sets and alerts within Epic are in place for other disease processes whose management relies on timely diagnosis and fluid resuscitation (e.g. sepsis), objectives for our quality improvement plan involve incorporating elements of alerts and order sets within our …