2022
DOI: 10.1111/ans.17786
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Surgical inter‐hospital transfers: life saver or resource drainer?

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“…There were four clinical incidents where assessors noted inadequate fluid resuscitation, with responsibility attributed to the transferring hospital, 17,18 emergency department (ED) and in two cases the surgical team. In four cases, it was felt by assessors that the patient would have benefited from admission to the ICU, due to medical complexity and severity of disease.…”
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“…There were four clinical incidents where assessors noted inadequate fluid resuscitation, with responsibility attributed to the transferring hospital, 17,18 emergency department (ED) and in two cases the surgical team. In four cases, it was felt by assessors that the patient would have benefited from admission to the ICU, due to medical complexity and severity of disease.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While the treating doctor at the peripheral hospital should have commenced antibiotics immediately upon diagnosis of cholangitis, assessors felt this also 'should have been part of the phone discussion when arranging the transfer'. There were four clinical incidents where assessors noted inadequate fluid resuscitation, with responsibility attributed to the transferring hospital, 17,18 emergency department (ED) and in two cases the surgical team. In four cases, it was felt by assessors that the patient would have benefited from admission to the ICU, due to medical complexity and severity of disease.…”
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“…Geographical factors of health networks can produce significant discrepancies in the provision of health care between metropolitan and rural hospitals. Interhospital transfers (IHTs) can facilitate the delivery of timely surgical care within large health networks and resolve issues such as lack of appropriate resources at the index location, higher acuity of care requirement, or need for complex multidisciplinary specialist care 1 , 2 .…”
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confidence: 99%