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Anesthesiology clinics · Mar 2011
ReviewOutcomes research using quality improvement databases: evolving opportunities and challenges.
- Satya Krishna Ramachandran and Sachin Kheterpal.
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1 H427 University Hospital Box 0048, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0048, USA. rsatyak@med.umich.edu
- Anesthesiol Clin. 2011 Mar 1;29(1):71-81.
AbstractThe challenges to prospective randomized controlled trials have necessitated the exploration of observational data sets that support research into the predictors and modulators of preoperative adverse events. The primary purpose and design of quality improvement databases is quality assessment and improvement at the local, regional, or national level. However, these data can also provide the opportunity to robustly study specific questions related to patient outcomes with no additional clinical risk to the patient. The virtual explosion of anesthesia-related registries has opened seemingly limitless opportunities for outcomes research in addition to generating hypothesis for more rigorous prospective analysis.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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