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ArticleVeterinary sciences2021

Assessing the Feasibility of Retrospective and Prospective Clinical Audit in Farm Animal Veterinary Practice.

Katie Waine, Constance White, Rachel S Dean, Chris Hudson, Jonathan N Huxley, Marnie L Brennan

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Managing Shiga Toxin-ProducingFrontiers in veterinary science · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Katie WaineSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
Constance WhiteCarlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Rachel S DeanVetPartners Ltd., Leeman House, Station Business Park, Holgate Park Drive, York YO26 4GB, UK.
Chris HudsonSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4777-062X
Jonathan N HuxleySchool of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-1149-2480
Marnie L BrennanCentre for Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4893-6583
University of Nottingham · GBMassey University · NZOregon State University · US

Funding

Unrestricted grant from The University of Nottingham and Elanco Animal Health. unknown
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a quality improvement tool, clinical audit has been extensively described in the medical literature. There is scant literature on the use of clinical audit in the farm animal veterinary setting. This study describes the process and feasibility of prospective and retrospective data collection for farm animal clinical audit performed at three different farm animal practices in the United Kingdom. Retrospective clinical audit was difficult in all three practices due to barriers in establishing diagnosis and patient identity from clinical records. Prospective data collection proved feasible but depended on adequate case accrual and practitioner engagement. The decision to conduct clinical audit retrospectively or prospectively will depend on the topic to audit, the availability of data and the wishes of the team members involved. Further work is required looking at the use of clinical coding and alternatives to using practice management software to improve retrospective data availability for clinical audit.

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clinical auditfarm animal practicefarm animal veterinary medicineprospective clinical auditquality improvementretrospective clinical audit

Identifiers

PMID33924376
PMCPMC8069272
OpenAlexW3153682935

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