Acute Appendicitis Case Study

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After 3 months of monitoring the anesthesia pre-op evaluation done to patients with Acute Appendicitis. It was observed that the department had already reached the target rate of 100% compliance to pre-op evaluation. Their cooperation and compliance to pre-op evaluation resulted to zero findings of non-compliance to the Clinical Practice Guidelines of Acute Appendicitis. All patients were evaluated by the Anesthesiologists before they were sent to the operating room for Appendectomy.

The QIPS have decided to close the project and endorsed to Anesthesia Department the continuous monitoring of the departments’ compliance to pre-op evaluation.

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