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NCT Number: NCT05015959

Analysis of Surgical Mortalities Using the Fishbone Model for Quality Improvement

Retrospective data analysis of mortalities and the evaluation of the quality of care offered, using the Fishbone method.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2123, South Africa

About this study

Evaluation of mortalities seen between 01 January 2017 and 31 December 2018. Analysis of the mortality decision into preventable, non-preventable and potentially preventable categories. Identifying the associated risk factors and co-morbidities in a single centre study in Johannesburg. Further analysing was performed on the subset of preventable mortalities and further do the fishbone model of quality of care. RedCap data was utilized for all data points. A further comparison was done to the MNM classification based on the team and an independent senior surgeon.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All mortality of patients seen in the Department who were 18yrs or older

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Exclusion criteria

  • incomplete data death in the Emergency department

Treatment and study plan

observation

Other

quality

Other names: mortality outcomes

Primary outcomes

  1. mortality outcomes

    Time frame: study period (Jan 2017 to Dec 2018)

    in-hospital mortality

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Aug 23, 2021
Registry last updated
Aug 23, 2021

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