The use of abbreviations in surgical note keeping

Abbreviations are used to improve the speed of note keeping and to simplify patient notes. However studies have shown that they can reduce clarity, increase mistakes and cause confusion in management plans. Our review highlights the misuse of abbreviations in surgical note keeping.

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Autores principales: Collard, B., Royal, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4398819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25893094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2015.03.008
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spelling pubmed-43988192015-04-17 The use of abbreviations in surgical note keeping Collard, B. Royal, A. Ann Med Surg (Lond) Commentary Abbreviations are used to improve the speed of note keeping and to simplify patient notes. However studies have shown that they can reduce clarity, increase mistakes and cause confusion in management plans. Our review highlights the misuse of abbreviations in surgical note keeping. Elsevier 2015-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4398819/ /pubmed/25893094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2015.03.008 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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