ARTERIAL STUMP MEASUREMENT: QUALITY INDICATOR IN COLORECTAL SURGERY

Blood transfusion as a quality indicator in cardiac surgery.

Quality measurement and improvement in general surgery.

Increasing emphasis is being placed on health care quality measurement and improvement in the US. Within general surgery, several sophisticated quality-measurement and outcomes systems have been developed. These include the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, the use of selective referral and centers of excellence, the Surgical Care Improvement Project, and the World Health Organizat...

Comparison of beach bacterial water quality indicator measurement methods.

Three methods (membrane filtration, multiple tube fermentation, and chromogenic substrate technology kits manufactured by IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.) are routinely used to measure indicator bacteria for beach water quality. To assess comparability of these methods, quantify within-laboratory variability for each method, and place that variability into context of variability among laboratories usi...

Measurement sensitivity and the Minimum Data Set depression quality indicator.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of the prevalence rating of depression in nursing homes as flagged on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) quality indicator report. DESIGN AND METHODS Research Staff measured depression symptoms and compared the results with the prevalence of disturbed mood symptoms documented by nursing home (NH) staff on the MDS in two samples of reside...

Stump Appendicitis: Result of an Incomplete Surgery.

A 56-year-old male was admitted to the emergency room with vomiting and right lower quadrant abdominal pain for 4 days. He had undergone appendectomy a year ago in a different hospital. Pathological examination of appendix had reported as benign. Patient denied any constipation, diarrhea, rectal bleedingor any history associated with inflammatory bowel disease, or familial Mediterranean fever. ...