Analysis of root causes of problems affecting the quality of hospital administrative data: A systematic review and Ishikawa diagram.

Introduction: Administrative hospital databases represent an important tool for hospital financing in many national health systems and are also an important data source for clinical, epidemiological and health services research. Therefore, the data quality of such databases is of utmost importance. This paper aims to present a systematic review of root causes of data quality problems affecting administrative hospital data, creating a catalogue of potential issues for data quality analysts to explore.

Continuous Bilateral Erector of Spine Plane Block at T8 for Extensive Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery: Case Report.

Introduction: Supplementary strategies, in combination with conventional analgesia, for pain control after lumbar fusion surgery remain limited.

Case Description: Here, we describe a 79-year-old woman who experienced pain (10/10 on a numeric rating scale) on postoperative day 1 after undergoing L2 to S1 spine fusion. Erector spinae plane (ESP) blocks were performed at T8 and, after a bolus of ropivacaine 0.