Researchers have developed and validated a system that could improve post-operative care by measuring patient recovery from surgery with general anesthesia, according to the study abstract published in the October issue of Anesthesiology.
The study, titled "Development and Feasibility of a Scale to Assess Postoperative Recovery: The Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale," tests the Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale as an assessment of patient welfare after discharge. The study found that three days after surgery, 11 percent of the 701 patients reported a complete recovery from the general anesthesia and only 34 percent reported a complete cognitive recovery.
PQRS is able to track recovery in multiple domains over time, in a wide age range of patients and in multiple languages, according to the abstract. The PQRS questionnaire can be administered in five minutes and lets providers quantify a patient's recovery in six areas, according to the abstract.
Read the study abstract on PQRS in Anesthesiology.
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The study, titled "Development and Feasibility of a Scale to Assess Postoperative Recovery: The Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale," tests the Post-operative Quality Recovery Scale as an assessment of patient welfare after discharge. The study found that three days after surgery, 11 percent of the 701 patients reported a complete recovery from the general anesthesia and only 34 percent reported a complete cognitive recovery.
PQRS is able to track recovery in multiple domains over time, in a wide age range of patients and in multiple languages, according to the abstract. The PQRS questionnaire can be administered in five minutes and lets providers quantify a patient's recovery in six areas, according to the abstract.
Read the study abstract on PQRS in Anesthesiology.
Read more on anesthesia:
-Anesthesiologists, Surgeons Top List of Highest-Paying Jobs
-Anesthesia Provision Debate Continues Throughout the Nation