AIM: To complete a quality audit using recently pub- lished criteria from the Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. METHODS: Consecutive colonoscopy reports of patients at averag...AIM: To complete a quality audit using recently pub- lished criteria from the Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. METHODS: Consecutive colonoscopy reports of patients at average/high risk screening, or with a prior col6rectal neoplasia (CRN) by endoscopists who perform 11 000 procedures yearly, using a commercial computerized endoscopic report generator. A separate institutional da- tabase providing pathological results. Required documen- tation included patient demographics, history, procedure indications, technical descriptions, colonoscopy findings, interventions, unplanned events, follow-up plans, and pathology results. Reports abstraction employed a stan- dardized glossary with 10% independent data validation. Sample size calculations determined the number of re- ports needed.RESULTS: Two hundreds and fifty patients (63.2± 10.5 years, female: 42.8%, average risk: 38.5%, per- sonal/family history of CRN: 43.3%/20.2%) were scoped in June 2009 by 8 gastroenterologists and 3 surgeons (mean practice: 17.1 ± 8.5 years). Procedural indica- tion and informed consent were always documented. 14% provided a previous colonoscopy date (past polyp removal information in 25%, but insufficient in most to determine surveillance intervals appropriateness). Most procedural indicators were recorded (exam date: 98.4%, medications: 99.2%, difficulty level: 98.8%, prep quality: 99.6%). All reports noted extent of visualization (cecum: 94.4%, with landmarks noted in 78.8% - photodocu- mentation: 67.2%). No procedural times were recorded. One hundred and eleven had polyps (44.4%) with ana- tomic location noted in 99.1%, size in 65.8%, morphol- ogy in 62.2%; removal was by cold biopsy in 25.2% (cold snare: 18%, snare cautery: 31.5%, unrecorded: 20.7%), 84.7% were retrieved. Adenomas were noted in 24.8% (advanced adenomas: 7.6%, cancer: 0.4%) in this population with varying previous colonic investigations. CONCLUSION: This audit reveals lacking reported ite- ms, justifying additional research to optimize quality of reporting.展开更多
基金Supported by The Research Scholar (Chercheur National) of the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec
文摘AIM: To complete a quality audit using recently pub- lished criteria from the Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. METHODS: Consecutive colonoscopy reports of patients at average/high risk screening, or with a prior col6rectal neoplasia (CRN) by endoscopists who perform 11 000 procedures yearly, using a commercial computerized endoscopic report generator. A separate institutional da- tabase providing pathological results. Required documen- tation included patient demographics, history, procedure indications, technical descriptions, colonoscopy findings, interventions, unplanned events, follow-up plans, and pathology results. Reports abstraction employed a stan- dardized glossary with 10% independent data validation. Sample size calculations determined the number of re- ports needed.RESULTS: Two hundreds and fifty patients (63.2± 10.5 years, female: 42.8%, average risk: 38.5%, per- sonal/family history of CRN: 43.3%/20.2%) were scoped in June 2009 by 8 gastroenterologists and 3 surgeons (mean practice: 17.1 ± 8.5 years). Procedural indica- tion and informed consent were always documented. 14% provided a previous colonoscopy date (past polyp removal information in 25%, but insufficient in most to determine surveillance intervals appropriateness). Most procedural indicators were recorded (exam date: 98.4%, medications: 99.2%, difficulty level: 98.8%, prep quality: 99.6%). All reports noted extent of visualization (cecum: 94.4%, with landmarks noted in 78.8% - photodocu- mentation: 67.2%). No procedural times were recorded. One hundred and eleven had polyps (44.4%) with ana- tomic location noted in 99.1%, size in 65.8%, morphol- ogy in 62.2%; removal was by cold biopsy in 25.2% (cold snare: 18%, snare cautery: 31.5%, unrecorded: 20.7%), 84.7% were retrieved. Adenomas were noted in 24.8% (advanced adenomas: 7.6%, cancer: 0.4%) in this population with varying previous colonic investigations. CONCLUSION: This audit reveals lacking reported ite- ms, justifying additional research to optimize quality of reporting.