Recording of postoperative complications : Quantity and quality
(2002) In European Journal of Surgery 168(12). p.736-740- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate a simple working procedure for recording postoperative complications. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Teaching hospital, Denmark. Subjects: 218 of 312 patients who were operated on from March to July 1996. Interventions: Follow up 30 days after operation by looking up the local register of complications, review of medical records and by structured telephone interview with the patient. Main outcome measures: Morbidity. Results: All the patients were recorded in the local register, showing a complication rate of 21% (n=49). However the medical record and the telephone interview showed complication rates of 68 (31%) and 76 (33%), respectively. Conclusion: It is possible to improve the quantity of the... (More)
Objective: To evaluate a simple working procedure for recording postoperative complications. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Teaching hospital, Denmark. Subjects: 218 of 312 patients who were operated on from March to July 1996. Interventions: Follow up 30 days after operation by looking up the local register of complications, review of medical records and by structured telephone interview with the patient. Main outcome measures: Morbidity. Results: All the patients were recorded in the local register, showing a complication rate of 21% (n=49). However the medical record and the telephone interview showed complication rates of 68 (31%) and 76 (33%), respectively. Conclusion: It is possible to improve the quantity of the recording by a simplified working procedure, while the quality is still a challenge.
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- Maina, Pierre ; Carstensen, Mads and Tønnesen, Hanne LU
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- 2002-12-01
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- Postoperative complication
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- European Journal of Surgery
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- 168
- issue
- 12
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- 5 pages
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- Oxford University Press
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- scopus:0037955767
- pmid:15362586
- ISSN
- 1102-4151
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- English
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- 81443e43-a26e-4bda-975d-6ecb1cdd65ff
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abstract = {{<p>Objective: To evaluate a simple working procedure for recording postoperative complications. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Teaching hospital, Denmark. Subjects: 218 of 312 patients who were operated on from March to July 1996. Interventions: Follow up 30 days after operation by looking up the local register of complications, review of medical records and by structured telephone interview with the patient. Main outcome measures: Morbidity. Results: All the patients were recorded in the local register, showing a complication rate of 21% (n=49). However the medical record and the telephone interview showed complication rates of 68 (31%) and 76 (33%), respectively. Conclusion: It is possible to improve the quantity of the recording by a simplified working procedure, while the quality is still a challenge.</p>}},
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title = {{Recording of postoperative complications : Quantity and quality}},
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year = {{2002}},
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