TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancellation of Surgeries
T2 - Integrative Review
AU - Al Talalwah, Narmeen
AU - McIltrot, Kimberly H.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Purpose: To analyze cancellations of surgeries and identify evidence-based interventions to address this issue. Design: Integrative literature review. Methods: An integrative literature search was conducted in four databases: CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane and included literature sources dated January 2011 to January 2016. The complete list of search terms consisted of the following: ambulatory surgery, day surgery center, elective surgical procedure, elective operation, elective surgery, schedule, access to care, surgery cancellation, operation cancellation, and surgery delay. Findings: Twenty-three literature sources were identified. Evidence included one randomized controlled trial and multiple studies. Causes of cancellations were classified into three categories: hospital-related reasons, patient-related reasons, and surgeon-related reasons. Evidence confirmed most cancellations were avoidable. Conclusions: Cancellation of scheduled surgeries has a significant impact on patients' health, resources, cost, and quality of care. It is difficult to devise a solution without understanding the cause of cancellations.
AB - Purpose: To analyze cancellations of surgeries and identify evidence-based interventions to address this issue. Design: Integrative literature review. Methods: An integrative literature search was conducted in four databases: CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane and included literature sources dated January 2011 to January 2016. The complete list of search terms consisted of the following: ambulatory surgery, day surgery center, elective surgical procedure, elective operation, elective surgery, schedule, access to care, surgery cancellation, operation cancellation, and surgery delay. Findings: Twenty-three literature sources were identified. Evidence included one randomized controlled trial and multiple studies. Causes of cancellations were classified into three categories: hospital-related reasons, patient-related reasons, and surgeon-related reasons. Evidence confirmed most cancellations were avoidable. Conclusions: Cancellation of scheduled surgeries has a significant impact on patients' health, resources, cost, and quality of care. It is difficult to devise a solution without understanding the cause of cancellations.
KW - elective surgery
KW - surgery cancellation
KW - surgery delay
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jopan.2017.09.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jopan.2017.09.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 29678319
AN - SCOPUS:85045536136
SN - 1089-9472
VL - 34
SP - 86
EP - 96
JO - Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing
JF - Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing
IS - 1
ER -