Developing a data dashboard for Calgary anesthesia departments Tableau data dashboards can provide continual monitoring of physician practice and identify areas where practice change could improve patient outcomes.
Pediatric Anesthesia II – Outcomes Anesthesiology practices used during pediatric tonsillectomy surgery at Alberta Children’s Hospital were assessed to determine the effect on patient outcome measures including post-operative discomfort due to post-operative nausea and vomiting, decreased oral intake and pain.
Preoperative Testing for Low Risk Patients Preoperative diagnostic imaging and laboratory tests have little value for asymptomatic patients under-going low-risk non-cardiac surgeries. PLP examined the use of pre-op testing in Alberta to determine the frequency at which it occurs and to identify possible areas where it can be reduced or eliminated.
Tranexamic acid (TXA) use during Anesthesia for total joint replacements in Calgary Does the use of intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA) by Calgary anesthesiologists during total knee and hip replacement procedures affect blood transfusion rates in the 72 hours following surgery?