Clinical Pathways For Pancreatic Surgery: Are They A Suitable Instrument For Process Standardization To Improve Process And Outcome Quality Of Patients Undergoing Distal And Total Pancreatectomy? - A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Patrick TéouleLaura RömlingMatthias SchwarzbachEmrullah BirginFelix RückertTorsten J WilhelmMarco NiedergethmannStefan PostNuh N RahbariChristoph ReißfelderUlrich Ronellenfitsch

Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management (2019)

Following implementation of a pancreatic surgery CP, several indicators of process and outcome quality improved, while others such as mortality and reoperation rates remained unchanged. CPs are a promising tool to improve quality of care in pancreatic surgery.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
quality improvement
patients undergoing
healthcare
surgical site infection
palliative care
primary care
type diabetes
risk factors
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
acute coronary syndrome
patient reported outcomes