Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospital

Abstract Introduction We aim to evaluate the frequency of use and changing practices for all out-of-hours interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed in a new hospital. Methods This is a 5 year retrospective review of all out-of-hours procedures performed by the Interventional Radiology team...

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Main Authors: Raymond Chung, Ashish Chawla, Sumer Shikhare, Suresh Babu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-10-01
Series:CVIR Endovascular
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42155-018-0033-1
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description Abstract Introduction We aim to evaluate the frequency of use and changing practices for all out-of-hours interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed in a new hospital. Methods This is a 5 year retrospective review of all out-of-hours procedures performed by the Interventional Radiology team from July 2010 to June 2015. Number and category of procedures performed were identified from the RIS database. Results Of the 7140 procedures performed by IR over the 5 years, 764 were out-of-hours. The total number of out-of-hours cases performed annually by IR has increased by 240% from year 1 to year 5. The variety and distribution of out-of-hours work has shown a characteristic trend with rising requests for advanced procedures such as active haemorrhage control. Conclusion The rising number and complexity of cases for on-call IR further supports the need for a formal on-call rota, ideally 1:6, to provide a sustainable 24/7 service and optimize patient outcome in an acute hospital.
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spelling doaj.art-fadbd76d796247ddbf5d34024fda3c5c2022-12-21T23:58:04ZengSpringerOpenCVIR Endovascular2520-89342018-10-01111710.1186/s42155-018-0033-1Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospitalRaymond Chung0Ashish Chawla1Sumer Shikhare2Suresh Babu3Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Khoo Teck Puat HospitalDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology at Khoo Teck Puat HospitalDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology at Khoo Teck Puat HospitalDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology at Khoo Teck Puat HospitalAbstract Introduction We aim to evaluate the frequency of use and changing practices for all out-of-hours interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed in a new hospital. Methods This is a 5 year retrospective review of all out-of-hours procedures performed by the Interventional Radiology team from July 2010 to June 2015. Number and category of procedures performed were identified from the RIS database. Results Of the 7140 procedures performed by IR over the 5 years, 764 were out-of-hours. The total number of out-of-hours cases performed annually by IR has increased by 240% from year 1 to year 5. The variety and distribution of out-of-hours work has shown a characteristic trend with rising requests for advanced procedures such as active haemorrhage control. Conclusion The rising number and complexity of cases for on-call IR further supports the need for a formal on-call rota, ideally 1:6, to provide a sustainable 24/7 service and optimize patient outcome in an acute hospital.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42155-018-0033-1Interventional radiologyOut of hoursOn call
spellingShingle Raymond Chung
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Interventional radiology
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On call
title Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospital
title_full Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospital
title_fullStr Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospital
title_full_unstemmed Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospital
title_short Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospital
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topic Interventional radiology
Out of hours
On call
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