Collaborative care pathways (CCPs) provide a framework for multidisciplinary patient care. They provide guidelines and a mechanism for audit, and were first introduced at the Regional Unit, Walton Hospital, Liverpool,...
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Collaborative care pathways (CCPs) provide a framework for multidisciplinary patient care. They provide guidelines and a mechanism for audit, and were first introduced at the Regional Unit, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, in November 1994. They have been designed for many surgical groups. Between August 1996 and 31 July 1997, 955 patients were admitted on to the nine established pathways: fractured mandible (n=213), fractured zygoma (n=117), minor oral surgery (n=244), abscess (n=18), examination under anaesthesia (n=73), nasal surgery (n=73), osteotomy (n=80), salivary (n=63), and temporomandibular joint (n=74). The purpose of this article is to report the introduction of CCP in a maxillofacial ward and give results from a one-year audit. CCP have proved to be an extremely useful tool and have several advantages over traditional documentation. They are more accurate, easily computerized, and facilitate audit. They promote the development of guidelines and standardized perioperative care, and this in turn facilitates training and raises standards of care.
The management of orbital blowout fractures is controversial. The continuing debate includes the use of antibiotics and steroids, imaging, the surgical approach, and the choice of implant material for repair of the bo...
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The management of orbital blowout fractures is controversial. The continuing debate includes the use of antibiotics and steroids, imaging, the surgical approach, and the choice of implant material for repair of the bony defect. A cross-sectional study was undertaken to assess current practice in treating orbital blowout fractures in the UK, in the form of a tick-box questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 9 closed and 2 open questions, and was forwarded to 256 practising fellows of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The response rate to the questionnaire was 73% (187/256). There was no consensus about the use of prophylactic antibiotics. However, 91% prescribed post-operative antibiotics and over half the respondents prescribed steroids. The most common imaging techniques used were computed tomography (CT, 88%) and plain radiograph (83%), 60% routinely sought an ophthalmic opinion and 65% assessed visual acuity, The most common surgical approaches were the subciliary (41%) and the infraorbital (37%), over half the respondents preferred to operate 6-10 days after the injury, and silicone elastomer was the preferred implant material of 66%. (C) 2000 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Efficient use of hospital resources is essential if waiting lists are to be reduced. We undertook this study because there seems to be little information on the use of theatre time for dentoalveolar surgery under gene...
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Efficient use of hospital resources is essential if waiting lists are to be reduced. We undertook this study because there seems to be little information on the use of theatre time for dentoalveolar surgery under general anaesthesia. The time taken for each sequence of events (from start of case, induction, operation to recovery, and so on) for each patient was recorded. Of the 30 lists examined, 22 lists (73%) finished on time or early, and 8 lists (27%) ran late, The time spent operating occupied less than 50% of theatre time available, The 'total time' for each case was increased (by about 10 minutes a patient) when a junior anaesthetist was anaesthetizing rather than a consultant. The overall time used per list was 79% with the remaining 21% of the list being 'unused', Where these lists did over-run, then this was usually because the operation took longer, although grade of anaesthetist was a factor. We identified several areas in which efficiency could be improved.
Objective To compare the effectiveness of direct access referrals with standard letter referrals, and also assess the impact of the direct access system on the primary care provider, secondary sector and from the pati...
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Objective To compare the effectiveness of direct access referrals with standard letter referrals, and also assess the impact of the direct access system on the primary care provider, secondary sector and from the patients perspective. Design Surgical and anaesthetic guidelines were agreed and 12 general dental practitioners were recruited to participate in the study. Each practitioner was given 100 envelopes which contained randomly allocated 50 direct and 50 standard referrals. For direct referrals, GDPs completed a pre-operative assessment and obtained an operation date by telephone from the day case unit while the patient was in the surgery. The clinical history sheet was fared to the day unit and the radiographs posted. The only contact the patient had with the hospital was on the day of surgery. Standard referral patients were referred in the traditional way with a referral letter being sent to an out-patient clinic. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the direct referral system versus standard letter method were made via completion of questionnaires by the patients, dental practitioners, hospital clinicians, day case anaesthetist and co-ordinator. Setting The study was carried out over 2 years commencing in 1997 at the Oral Surgery Day Case Unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Results A greater number of direct access referrals (409;90%) were treated in comparison with (312;75%) standard referrals IP < 0.001). Eighty nine per cent of direct access records were adequate pre-operatively. More than 70% of dentists and hospital clinicians preferred the direct access referral method. Sixty-three per cent of standard letter patients were satisfied with their mode of referral compared with 87% of direct access patients. Conclusions Given appropriate guidelines dental practitioners are able to refer directly to oral surgery day case operation lists. This has proved to be the favoured method of referral for dental practitioners, the secondary sector and patients.
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