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ReviewJournal of medical systems2017

A Literature Review on Validated Simulations of the Surgical Services.

K W Soh, C Walker, M O'Sullivan

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Review in Journal of medical systems, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K W SohDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand. skia593@aucklanduni.ac.nz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1602-4897
C WalkerDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
M O'SullivanDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
University of Auckland · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The surgical department is a critical unit that oversees multiple surgical-based clinical pathways and works with various other units in a hospital. This department faces numerous challenges relating to variability in demand and management of resources. The aim of this article is to review the application of validated simulation models on hospital-wide surgical services. Each of these models is broadly classified by (i) simulation method and (ii) level of detail given to the management of "patient pathways" and "staff workflows". We remark that very few studies have given attention to the management of staff workflows in their validated simulation models.

Indexed as

Computer SimulationModels, TheoreticalHumansPersonnel Administration, HospitalSurgery Department, HospitalWorkflowPatient pathwaySimulation modelStaff workflowSurgical servicesValidation

Identifiers

PMID28271463
OpenAlexW2594203705

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.