TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical pathways for Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome in Oman
T2 - An Oman Heart Association protocol for hospital quality improvement initiative
AU - El-Deeb, Mohammed H.
AU - Al-Riyami, Abdullah M.
AU - Sulaiman, Kadhim J.
AU - Al-Riyami, Abdullah A.
AU - Al-Mukhaini, Mohamed
AU - Al-Rawahi, Najib
AU - Al-Riyami, Mohamed B.
AU - Al-Riyami, Adil B.
AU - Sallam, Mansour
AU - Panduranga, Prashanth
AU - Rahman, Said Abdul
AU - Al-Hinai, Said
AU - Al-Wahshi, Yahia
AU - Al-Kharusi, Abdul Malik
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In 2012, Oman Heart Association (OHA) published its own guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/ non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, the aim was not to be comprehensive but rather simplified and practical in order to reduce the gap between the long comprehensive guidelines and our actual practice. However, we still feel that the busy registrars and residents need simpler and direct clinical pathways or protocol to be used in the emergency departments, coronary care units and in the wards. Clinical pathways are now one of the main tools used to manage the quality in healthcare concerning the standardization of care processes. It has been shown that their implementation reduces the variability in clinical practice and improves outcomes in acute care.
AB - In 2012, Oman Heart Association (OHA) published its own guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/ non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, the aim was not to be comprehensive but rather simplified and practical in order to reduce the gap between the long comprehensive guidelines and our actual practice. However, we still feel that the busy registrars and residents need simpler and direct clinical pathways or protocol to be used in the emergency departments, coronary care units and in the wards. Clinical pathways are now one of the main tools used to manage the quality in healthcare concerning the standardization of care processes. It has been shown that their implementation reduces the variability in clinical practice and improves outcomes in acute care.
KW - Acute coronary syndrome
KW - Myocardial infarction
KW - Non-ST elevation
KW - Oman Heart Association
KW - Unstable angina
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U2 - 10.5001/omj.2014.03
DO - 10.5001/omj.2014.03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892997574
SN - 1999-768X
VL - 29
SP - 8
EP - 11
JO - Oman Medical Journal
JF - Oman Medical Journal
IS - 1
ER -