Publications by authors named "David Winthrop Buck"
BMJ Open Qual
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Paediatric patients often show respiratory illness symptoms before surgery, which can heighten the risk of respiratory complications during the perioperative period.
- A quality improvement initiative was launched to standardize documentation of preoperative respiratory illnesses, aiming to boost accurate documentation from 0% to 90% by March 1, 2023.
- The introduction of a standardized preoperative illness questionnaire proved successful, achieving a documentation rate of 95% and was adopted by nurses, with plans for electronic implementation across all operating room locations.
