Standardized Preoperative Pathways Determining Preoperative Echocardiogram Usage Continue to Improve Hip Fracture Quality

Introduction The purpose of this study was to assess the hospital quality measures and outcomes of operative hip fracture patients before and after implementation of an anesthesiology department protocol assigning decision for a preoperative transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) to the hospitalist co-m...

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Main Authors: Garrett Esper BA, Utkarsh Anil MD, Sanjit Konda MD, David Furgiuele MD, Jonah Zaretsky MD, Kenneth Egol MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-04-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/21514593221094730