Open AccessPreventable Emergency Department Visits After Colorectal Surgery
Author(s) -
Daniel J. Wong,
Eve M. Roth,
Claire Sokas,
Jonathan R. Pastrana Del Valle,
Aaron Fleishman,
Israel Abraham Gaytán Fuentes,
Alessandra Storino,
Michelle N. Fakler,
Anne Fabrizio,
Thomas E. Cataldo,
Evangelos Messaris
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diseases of the colon and rectum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1530-0358
pISSN - 0012-3706
DOI - 10.1097/dcr.0000000000002127
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , interquartile range , emergency medicine , ambulatory , colorectal surgery , colectomy , retrospective cohort study , etiology , general surgery , surgery , colorectal cancer , abdominal surgery , cancer , psychiatry
The emergency department plays a common and critical role in the treatment of postoperative patients. However, many quality improvement databases fail to record these interactions. As such, our understanding of the prevalence and etiology of postoperative emergency department visits in contemporary colorectal surgery is limited. Visits with potentially preventable etiologies represent a significant target for quality improvement, particularly in the current era of rapidly evolving postoperative and ambulatory care patterns.