ABG 42: Known or Suspected Difficult Airway Mitigation Strategies

MEASURE DESCRIPTION:
Percentage of patients with a known or suspected difficult airway who undergo a planned general endotracheal anesthetic that have both a second provider present at the induction and placement of the endotracheal tube and have difficult airway equipment in the room prior to the induction.

MEASURE ID:
ABG42


COLLECTION TYPE:
QCDR Measure

HIGH PRIORITY STATUS:
Yes

MEASURE TYPE:
Process

BENCHMARK:
No *

BENCHMARK TYPE:
* N/A - Insufficient volume of data submitted in PY 2022 to establish historical benchmark

TOPPED OUT:
N/A

SEVEN POINT CAP:
N/A

AVERAGE PERFORMANCE RATE:
N/A

DECILE RANGE: