Accuracy of a tool to prioritise patients awaiting elective surgery: an implementation report.
Videha SharmaRowan Pritchard-JonesSharon ScottJohn AinsworthPublished in: BMJ health & care informatics (2023)
The high level of accuracy for predicating mortality and complications after elective surgery using the PTL tool indicates the potential for clinical decision support tools to help tackle rising waiting lists and improve surgical planning.
Keyphrases
- clinical decision support
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- patients undergoing
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- primary care
- peritoneal dialysis
- surgical site infection
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- quality improvement
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation