Reasons for Elective Surgery Cancellation in a Referral Hospital

BACKGROUND: Case cancellation can be very distressing not only to the patient and relatives but also to health care professionals. OBJECTIVES: This study aims at detecting the causes of case cancellations on the intended day of surgery (DOS) at a tertiary hospital in Enugu that handles both elective...

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Autores principales: Ezike, HA, Ajuzieogu, VO, Amucheazi, AO
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209975
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description BACKGROUND: Case cancellation can be very distressing not only to the patient and relatives but also to health care professionals. OBJECTIVES: This study aims at detecting the causes of case cancellations on the intended day of surgery (DOS) at a tertiary hospital in Enugu that handles both elective and emergency cases. METHODS: The data was extracted retrospectively from the anesthetists’ daily activity book during a period of 32 months. The reasons for cancellation were then sorted into one of 5 groups RESULTS: There were 226 causes of case cancellation. The commonest reasons for cancellation were unavailability of the surgeons (35.8%). CONCLUSION: Preventable causes of case cancellation were the most prominent.
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spelling pubmed-35071082012-12-03 Reasons for Elective Surgery Cancellation in a Referral Hospital Ezike, HA Ajuzieogu, VO Amucheazi, AO Ann Med Health Sci Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Case cancellation can be very distressing not only to the patient and relatives but also to health care professionals. OBJECTIVES: This study aims at detecting the causes of case cancellations on the intended day of surgery (DOS) at a tertiary hospital in Enugu that handles both elective and emergency cases. METHODS: The data was extracted retrospectively from the anesthetists’ daily activity book during a period of 32 months. The reasons for cancellation were then sorted into one of 5 groups RESULTS: There were 226 causes of case cancellation. The commonest reasons for cancellation were unavailability of the surgeons (35.8%). CONCLUSION: Preventable causes of case cancellation were the most prominent. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3507108/ /pubmed/23209975 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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