Quality improvement program reduces perioperative dental injuries – A review of 64,718 anesthetic patients | Zendy

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Quality improvement program reduces perioperative dental injuries – A review of 64,718 anesthetic patients

Author(s) -

YiWei Kuo,

ICheng Lu,

Huiying Yang,

ShunLi Chiu,

HungTe Hsu,

KuangI Cheng

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of the chinese medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535

H-Index - 42

eISSN - 1728-7731

pISSN - 1726-4901

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2016.01.021

Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , anesthetic , intensive care medicine , anesthesia

Perioperative dental injury (PDI) is a common adverse event associated with anesthesia that can easily lead to medicolegal litigation. A quality improvement program was conducted with the electronic, standardized dental chart to document dentition before anesthesia and dentist consultation when necessary. This study aimed to reduce PDIs through execution of a quality improvement program.

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