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KMID : 1144020070030020080
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Journal of Korean Association for Disability and Oral Health
2007 Volume.3 No. 2 p.80 ~ p.86
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CRITICAL PATHWAY ON GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
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Kum Jin-Eun
Lee Su-Jin
Huh Jeong-Ae
Jeong Sung-Hee
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Abstract
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A critical pathway (CP) defines the optimal care process, sequencing and timing of intervention by multi-disciplinary health care teams for a particular diagnosis and procedure. It plays an important role as a cost-effective health care delivery system and a tool for quality control of medical and dental services by means of standardizing medical practices. The aim of this study is to investigate the satisfaction of patients and medical/dental staff after implementation of a critical pathway for dental treatment of disabled children under general anesthesia and its cost effectiveness. Ten patients who underwent dental treatment under general anesthesia were included in the CP group between August and December 2006. The pre-CP group included 20 patients who underwent the same procedure from February 2003. The satisfaction of parent of child patient and medical staff members were compared between two groups. The parents’ satisfaction was significantly improved after the implementation of CP and medical/dental staff members were highly satisfied with the usefulness of the critical pathway. In conclusion, the critical pathway for the dental treatment of disabled treatment under general anesthesia can highly improve the satisfaction of parents and medical/ dental staff members.
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KEYWORD
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Disabled Children, General anesthesia, Critical Pathway
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