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Sep 24, 2018
The Enhanced Perioperative Care for High-risk patients (EPOCH)
trial results, as revealed at EBPOM 2018, show no change in
mortality rates either on a 90 day or 180 day scale. What does this
mean as regards the drive towards quality improvement in
perioperative healthcare?
For more on this we highly recommend you listen to these two
podcasts here:
The Epoch Trial Results: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2018-8-the-epoch-trial-results/
The Dawn of a new EPOCH: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2018-9-the-dawn-of-a-new-epoch/
Further light at the end of the tunnel is found in this piece about
The Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (ELC) which Monty mentions
during the podcast: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2018-emergency-lapartoomy-collaborative/
Presented by Monty Mythen and Desiree
Chappell with contributions from Rupert Pearse, Professor
of Intensive Care Medicine at Queen Mary, University of
London, Nial Quiney, Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Surrey
County Hospital and Principal investigator for the Emergency
Laparotomy Quality Improvement Care Bundle (ELPQuiC) project and
Clinical Lead for the Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative
(ELC), Carole Peden, Professor of Anesthesiology and Executive
Director of the Center for Health System Innovation, University of
Southern California, University of Bath and the Institute for
Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Ramani Moonesinghe, Director of
the UK National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia Health Services
Research Centre.
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