NHS Trusts face considerable financial challenges. There is a drive to reduce costs by increasing day surgery rates, thereby reducing the length of post-operative stay. Some patients will not meet the discharge criteria to go home following day surgery, for a variety of reasons. They may then require an overnight stay in hospital, creating an unplanned cost. ududAims ududThe aim of this article is to explore the reasons why some adult patients are not suitable for discharge following day surgery. ududMethodsududA pragmatic, mixed-methods approach was used to undertake a critical evaluation of the literature and current practice to determine what is already known about discharge following day surgery. Thematic analysis was used to determine the key themes and issues, enabling recommendations to be made to reduce the incidence of patients who are unable to be discharged following day surgery.ududFindingsududThe main themes or reasons for delayed discharge following day surgery were: post-operative nausea and vomiting, post-operative pain, going late to theatre and social reasons. This was supported by a Trust audit in June to August 2014, which indicated that a patient going late to theatre, had the greatest effect on discharge outcomes. ududConclusionududRecommendations for practice include: the introduction of post-operative nausea and vomiting risk scoring and prophylactic protocols; reorganisation of theatre lists to ensure patients have enough time to recover; and provision of information at pre-assessment, regarding the requirement for a responsible adult escort to take patients home and stay with them for first 24 hours. These changes may help NHS Trusts to improve discharge outcomes for day surgery patients and reduce unplanned costs.
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机译:NHS信托面临巨大的财务挑战。通过增加日间手术率来减少成本,从而减少术后住院时间。由于种种原因,有些患者在日间手术后将不符合出院标准才能回家。然后,他们可能需要在医院过夜,从而产生计划外的费用。 ud ud的目的 ud ud本文的目的是探讨为什么某些成年患者不适合日间手术后出院的原因。 ud udMethods ud ud使用务实的混合方法对文献和当前实践进行严格的评估,以确定日间手术后出院的已知知识。主题分析用于确定关键主题和问题,从而提出建议,以减少日间手术后无法出院的患者的发病率。 ud ud发现结果 ud ud第二天延迟出院的主要主题或原因手术方法为:术后恶心呕吐,术后疼痛,上戏迟到和社会原因。 2014年6月至2014年8月的一次信托基金审计支持了这一点,该审计表明,一位患者上戏晚了,对出院结果的影响最大。 ud ud结论 ud ud对实践的建议包括:引入术后恶心和呕吐风险评分和预防方案;重组剧院名单,以确保患者有足够的时间康复;以及在预评估中提供的信息,说明要求负责任的成人陪同人员将患者带回家并陪伴他们前24小时。这些变化可能有助于NHS Trusts改善日间手术患者的出院结果并减少计划外成本。
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