• 1. Department of Nursing, the Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu City, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Nursing, the Guidance Organization of Family Planning of Chengdu City, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, P. R. China;
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Objective To summarize and analyze the causes of temporarily rescheduled selective operations in hospital and to find out improvements via statistical analysis. Methods By referring to the specialized anesthesia log, the rescheduled operations among all the selective operations in 2012 were retrospectively studied, and the rescheduled situations in different ages, sex and departments were analyzed. The specific causes of rescheduling and improvements were also discussed. Results There were 582 rescheduled cases among all the 9 670 selective operations from January to December in 2012, with a rescheduling rate of 6.02%. The top three departments were orthopedics, thoracic surgery, and neurosurgery. Main causes for rescheduled cases were diseases, inadequate preoperational preparations, requests of patients or relatives and accidents. Conclusion Medical workers should get preoperational patients fully prepared materially, physically and psychologically via reinforcement of preoperative evaluation and preparation and avoidance of unexpected situations, so as to reduce rescheduling phenomena of selective operations.

Citation: HOUYan-ling, MAJing, MAHou-zhi. Cause and Analysis of Temporarily Rescheduled Selective Operations. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(4): 754-756. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140227 Copy

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