Critical Pathways for the surgical patient

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Keywords:

critical pathways, perioperative medicine, surgery.

Abstract

Introduction: Clinical trajectories (CT) are tools used to guide evidence-based medical care. They translate clinical practice guideline recommendations into clinical processes of care within the unique culture and environment of a medical institution.
Objective: Describe a clinical trajectory for the high-risk surgical patient treated at the "Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy Military Hospital".
Development: A clinical pathway is a structured multidisciplinary care plan with the following characteristics: (1) It is used to translate guidelines or evidence into local structures; (2) details the steps of a course of treatment or care in a plan, pathway, algorithm, guideline, protocol, or other "action inventory"; and (3) aims to standardize care for a specific clinical problem, procedure, or episode of care in a given population. A CT is described for surgical patients treated at the "Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy Military Hospital", consisting of 8 moments.
Conclusions: The development and implementation of this CT improves the care process at each moment of truth that makes up the service cycle of high-risk surgical patients, improves the quality of medical care and reduces hospital costs

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Author Biographies

Yuniel Arocha Molina, Hospital Militar "Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy". Matanzas.

Hospital Militar "Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy". Matanzas.

Yaquelin Sanchez Perez, Hospital Militar Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy, Matanzas, Cuba.

Hospital Militar Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy, Matanzas, Cuba.

Anely Florido Rubiera, Hospital Militar Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy, Matanzas, Cuba.

Hospital Militar Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy, Matanzas, Cuba.

Junior Vega Jiménez, 1 Hospital Militar Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy, Matanzas, Cuba. 2Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba.

1 Hospital Militar Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy, Matanzas, Cuba. 2Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba.

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2024-09-11

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Arocha Molina Y, Sanchez Perez Y, Florido Rubiera A, Vega Jiménez J. Critical Pathways for the surgical patient. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 11 [cited 2025 Apr. 18];53(3):e024057892. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/57892

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Vol. 53 No. 3 (2024): July - September

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Opinion Article

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