Shorter hospital stays?

[melon]

I'm doing research into hip replacements at the moment and we'd accounted for patients staying in for five days, but most are indeed out in three. Good for them, not so good for us as we lose two days of data!

 

A hip replacement op is something to behold. Orthopaedic surgeons really are the jocks of the medical world and it's a bit like watching a Formula 1 pit stop. The sight of a 6'4" surgeon dislocating a little old lady's hip is something that never leaves you.

 

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We would do well to remember that the Conservatives are ideologically opposed to regulation.

 

what kind of research r u doing? i had a hip replacement and the post op care was non existant

[rbbt]

A bit late I know but.....back in 2002 I had my Gall Bladder removed on the NHS .

I was informed by the Hallamshire that I'd be in for 4-5 days...

 

I was actually sent to Claremont private hospital by the Hallamshire..

 

I was admitted Tuesday morning - had my op at 3pm that afternoon - and had to ring my husband at 8 am Wednesday morning as they were discharging me.

 

Hubby was already at work so it was 10am before he picked me up and I was home for 10:30am.

 

24 hrs from admission to discharge for what I considered was a significant operation.

 

I was in absolute agony, every movement was terribly painful..

 

I alikened the journey home to when Red Indians tied a bed to the back of a horse and dragged it along...every bump and brake was agony...

 

Visited by the district nurse the next day and told I had a temperature and infection.....obviously!

 

[suzan]

I am sure they do send people home far too early!

 

My mum was discharged last night and i knew she wasnt well enough to come home, the copd nurse paid her a visit this morning and she called for an ambulance to take her back in as she was worried about her, all her sats are low and she is far too sleepy

[Pritt Stick]

Back in 1975 my father broke his ankle, had surgery, and was inpatient in a satellite facility for 8 weeks. I did something similar in 2007 and was inpatient for 2 days.

 

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Jessops discharge 6 hours after giving birth these days unless there's a problem.

[Vague_Boy]

My neighbour jst told me that Sheff hospitals are keeping people in for less time

 

Less time? Compared too.....?

 

Shorter hospital stays have been an ongoing trend in the UK for the last several decades, as has getting people up and about as soon as possible.

[Pritt Stick]

I'm doing research into hip replacements at the moment and we'd accounted for patients staying in for five days, but most are indeed out in three. Good for them, not so good for us as we lose two days of data!

 

A hip replacement op is something to behold. Orthopaedic surgeons really are the jocks of the medical world and it's a bit like watching a Formula 1 pit stop. The sight of a 6'4" surgeon dislocating a little old lady's hip is something that never leaves you.

 

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We would do well to remember that the Conservatives are ideologically opposed to regulation.

 

I watched a total hip replacement a couple of years ago - I particularly like the bit where the orthopod stuck that 'egg whisk' type implement into the old lady's hip socket and starting turning the whisk to roughen up the surface in readiness for the socket to be stuck in.

[Daven]

Less time? Compared too.....?

 

Shorter hospital stays have been an ongoing trend in the UK for the last several decades, as has getting people up and about as soon as possible.

 

Indeed. The focus is now on treating the patient through the acute stage of an illness in hospital and then allowing them to convalesce at home if they have support systems in place.

It's far easier to get rest and peace at home in familiar surroundings than in hospital.

Edited January 18, 2014 by Daven

[GerryFirkins]

It's not so much about the need for beds. Most people are far more likely to pick up an infection in hospital than they are at home, so modern thinking is to get people back home as soon as it is safe to do so.

 

You're also less likely to be sent to hospital these days than in the past for much the same reasons. More and more conditions that would've been seen in hospitals are now treated in primary care or in the community. It's also one of the reasons that newly built hospitals tend to be smaller than the ones they replace - modern treatment approaches send fewer people to hospitals (which are basically big buildings full of sick people to catch things from) and treat more in larger primary care centres, which can have their own specialist clinics and units for minor surgical procedures. Though Sheffield doesn't seem to have many (any?) of these yet.

 

I have to agree with all this totally, and there is also evidence to suggest that people recover more quickly at home.

[Becky B]

It's called 'Discharge to Assess', aimed at preventing people who are medically well staying in hospital purely for social reasons. Community services are growing in an effort to provide more support at home to keep people out of hospital or get them home as soon as possible.

 

Incidentally, PrittStick, that eggwhisk type thing is known as the "cheesegrater"

[dutch]

I watched a total hip replacement a couple of years ago - I particularly like the bit where the orthopod stuck that 'egg whisk' type implement into the old lady's hip socket and starting turning the whisk to roughen up the surface in readiness for the socket to be stuck in.

 

Good idea. Get some fast food kitchen operation culture.

Whisk a little, roughen it up, put a socket in an the job is done, easy.