Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
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Comparative Study
[From clinical guidelines to clinical pathways: development of a management-oriented algorithm for the treatment of polytraumatized patients in the acute period].
The treatment of polytraumatized patients in the acute period is an exemplary model of multidisciplinary cooperation in a very critical timeframe. Implementing standards formulated in the clinical guidelines of the German Association of Traumatology requires a detailed description of "how to do it." ⋯ Implementing clinical guidelines at the local level requires a problem-oriented and management-oriented elaboration towards a clinical pathway as the basis for a quantitative process and cost analysis.