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Area of Science:

  • Trauma surgery
  • Patient safety
  • Healthcare communication

Background:

  • Complex follow-up plans for polytrauma patients are compiled into discharge instructions.
  • This study investigated the accuracy of specialist recommendations in patient discharge instructions.
  • The hypothesis was that more complex hospitalizations lead to more discharge instruction errors (DI-errors).

Approach:

  • Reviewed adult trauma inpatients from March 2017 to March 2018.
  • Assessed hospitalization complexity using Injury Severity Score (ISS), length of stay (LOS), intensive care unit LOS (iLOS), and number of consultants (NC).
  • Defined DI-errors as omitted or unnecessary follow-up recommendations and compared patients with and without errors.

Key Points:

  • 14% of patients (55 out of 392) had DI-errors.
  • DI-errors were associated with the total number of consultants and the use of nonsurgical consultants.
  • ISS, LOS, and iLOS were not associated with DI-errors.

Conclusions:

  • Admission complexity measures (ISS, LOS, iLOS) did not correlate with DI-errors.
  • The number and type of consultants significantly impacted DI-error rates.
  • Non-surgical specialty recommendations were frequently omitted, highlighting the need for systematic communication improvements.