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dc.contributor.authorO'Malley, N T
dc.contributor.authorO'Daly, B
dc.contributor.authorHarty, J A
dc.contributor.authorQuinlan, W
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-04T11:17:27Z
dc.date.available2012-04-04T11:17:27Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.identifier.citationInpatient consultations to an orthopaedic service: the hidden workload. 2011, 180 (4):855-8 Ir J Med Sci
dc.identifier.issn1863-4362
dc.identifier.pmid21698516
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11845-011-0729-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/217635
dc.description.abstractWhile the quality and efficiency of out-patient orthopaedic referrals are well documented in the literature, there is little on the standard and appropriateness of inpatient orthopaedic consultations.
dc.description.abstractTo prospectively audit the pattern of inpatient consultations to an orthopaedic service.
dc.description.abstractData were prospectively collected on all inpatients referred to the orthopaedic service over a 4-month period.
dc.description.abstractSixty-eight consultations were received in the study period. The average age was 68 years (range 20-86 years). Seventy-two percent of consultations were from medical services, 25% from other surgical specialties and the remainder (3%) from the psychiatric department. Eight (12%) patients required surgical intervention. Twenty patients (29%) had previously been seen in the outpatient department.
dc.description.abstractInpatient orthopaedic consultations generate a significant workload and the majority of such patients could be seen as outpatients. Clear and explicit guidelines on appropriate referral pathways, as well as enhanced education in the management of musculoskeletal disorders and available services may optimise delivery of patient care in the inpatient setting.
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to Irish journal of medical scienceen_GB
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and over
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHospitalization
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Teaching
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Urban
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshOrthopedics
dc.subject.meshReferral and Consultation
dc.subject.meshWorkload
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.titleInpatient consultations to an orthopaedic service: the hidden workload.en_GB
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St Vincent's University Hospital, University College Dublin, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. natashaomalley@gmail.com
dc.identifier.journalIrish journal of medical science
dc.type.qualificationlevelN/Aen
cr.approval.ethicalN/Aen
dc.description.provinceLeinsteren
dc.description.provinceLeinster
html.description.abstractWhile the quality and efficiency of out-patient orthopaedic referrals are well documented in the literature, there is little on the standard and appropriateness of inpatient orthopaedic consultations.
html.description.abstractTo prospectively audit the pattern of inpatient consultations to an orthopaedic service.
html.description.abstractData were prospectively collected on all inpatients referred to the orthopaedic service over a 4-month period.
html.description.abstractSixty-eight consultations were received in the study period. The average age was 68 years (range 20-86 years). Seventy-two percent of consultations were from medical services, 25% from other surgical specialties and the remainder (3%) from the psychiatric department. Eight (12%) patients required surgical intervention. Twenty patients (29%) had previously been seen in the outpatient department.
html.description.abstractInpatient orthopaedic consultations generate a significant workload and the majority of such patients could be seen as outpatients. Clear and explicit guidelines on appropriate referral pathways, as well as enhanced education in the management of musculoskeletal disorders and available services may optimise delivery of patient care in the inpatient setting.


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