Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas

This paper deals with quality from the perspective of structure, processes and indicators in surgery. In this specialty, there is a close relationship between effectiveness and quality. We review the definition and classification of surgical complications as an objective means of assessing quality....

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Autores principales: Espinoza G,Ricardo, Espinoza G,Juan Pablo
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2016
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720160006000102016-10-03Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicasEspinoza G,RicardoEspinoza G,Juan Pablo Hospital Mortality Morbidity Mortality Operative Procedures Outcomes Assessment (Health Care) Patient Outcome Assessment Surgical Procedures Operative This paper deals with quality from the perspective of structure, processes and indicators in surgery. In this specialty, there is a close relationship between effectiveness and quality. We review the definition and classification of surgical complications as an objective means of assessing quality. The great diversity of definitions and risk assessments of surgical complications hampered the comparisons of different surgical centers or the evaluation of a single center along time. We discuss the different factors associated with surgical risk and some of the predictive systems for complications and mortality. At the present time, standarized definitions and comparisons are carried out correcting for risk factors. Thus, indicators of mortality, complications, hospitalization length, postoperative quality of life and costs become comparable between different groups. The volume of procedures of a determinate center or surgeon as a quality indicator is emphasized.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.144 n.6 20162016-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000600010es10.4067/S0034-98872016000600010
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Hospital Mortality
Morbidity
Mortality
Operative Procedures
Outcomes Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Outcome Assessment
Surgical Procedures
Operative
spellingShingle Hospital Mortality
Morbidity
Mortality
Operative Procedures
Outcomes Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Outcome Assessment
Surgical Procedures
Operative
Espinoza G,Ricardo
Espinoza G,Juan Pablo
Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas
description This paper deals with quality from the perspective of structure, processes and indicators in surgery. In this specialty, there is a close relationship between effectiveness and quality. We review the definition and classification of surgical complications as an objective means of assessing quality. The great diversity of definitions and risk assessments of surgical complications hampered the comparisons of different surgical centers or the evaluation of a single center along time. We discuss the different factors associated with surgical risk and some of the predictive systems for complications and mortality. At the present time, standarized definitions and comparisons are carried out correcting for risk factors. Thus, indicators of mortality, complications, hospitalization length, postoperative quality of life and costs become comparable between different groups. The volume of procedures of a determinate center or surgeon as a quality indicator is emphasized.
author Espinoza G,Ricardo
Espinoza G,Juan Pablo
author_facet Espinoza G,Ricardo
Espinoza G,Juan Pablo
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title Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas
title_short Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas
title_full Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas
title_fullStr Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas
title_full_unstemmed Calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas
title_sort calidad en cirugía: hacia una mejor comprensión de las complicaciones quirúrgicas
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2016
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000600010
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