Quality Improvement & Outcome

Quality Improvement & Outcomes Daniel I McIsaac dmcisaac@toh.ca 613-204-3096 Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization University of Ottawa, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology ProgramTranexamic acid (TXA) is an inexpensive drug that can reduce the need for blood transfusion in...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Steven Papp spapp@toh.ca 613-737-8899 x18131 Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical OrganizationHip fractures represent sentinel events in the health trajectories of frail and chronically ill individuals, often precipitating a steep functional decline and sometimes causing permanent disability. Best practices indicate that hospital care...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Daniel I McIsaac dmcisaac@toh.ca 613-204-3096 Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization University of Ottawa, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology ProgramThe aim of the multi-center PREPARE Trial is to improve recovery for older Canadians with frailty...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Rebecca Craufurd Auer rauer@toh.ca (613) 737-8899 x72791 Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization Husein Moloo   Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization PRESENTING Sameer S Apte sapte@toh.ca 613-737-8899 Ext 72791 Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical OrganizationClassical...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Guillaume Martel gumartel@toh.ca 613-737-8899 x71015 Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical OrganizationApproximately one million bags of blood are delivered annually to Canadian hospitals. About half of these are administered to surgical patients. We have examined patterns of blood utilization among patients undergoing liver...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Lauralyn McIntyre lmcintyre@ohri.ca 613-737-8899 x73231 Affiliation TOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical OrganizationThe FLUID pilot trial was an innovative pragmatic cluster randomised cross-over trial, with randomisation done at the hospital level and inclusion of all patients at 4 hospitals in Ontario. The study fluid...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Samuel Vaillancourt Samuel.Vaillancourt@unityhealth.to 416-864-6060 x5431 Affiliation SMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services OrganizationMeasuring the outcome of care is a powerful tool for improvement. In emergency medicine (EM), outcome measurement is often limited by the diversity of conditions and the lack of follow up. In...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Olga Bougie Olga.bougie@kingstonhsc.ca 613-867-6490 Affiliation SEAMO, Kingston Health Sciences, Queen’s UniversityWe have completed a meta-analysis and national survey examining the prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSK) amongst gynecologic surgeons.  We found a very significant burden of MSK disorders, leading to disability, time off work,...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Steven Brooks Steven.brooks@kingstonhsc.ca 613-449-7087 Affiliation Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO), Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen’s University PRESENTING Braeden Hill braeden.hill@queensu.ca 613-803-9164 Affiliation Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen’s UniversityOur project identified that FOVUS scan results in emergency department patients with chest pain are associated with...

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Quality Improvement & Outcomes Alberto Nader alberto.neder@queensu.ca 613-549-6666 ext 4664 AFFILIATIONS Kingston Health Sciences Centre Queen's University PRESENTING Matthew James matthew.james@queensu.ca 613-549-6666 ext. 4910 AFFILIATIONS Kingston Health Sciences Centre Respiratory Investigation Unit, Queen's UniversityPulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a devastating disease in which the lungs lose the ability to transfer...

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