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Impact of Pediatric Tonsillectomy Guidelines on Clinical Practice

by Ravindhra G. Elluru MD, PhD • March 15, 2017

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What impact have the pediatric tonsillectomy guidelines, published by the AAO-HNS in January 2011, had on the individual practicing clinician?

Bottom line
To achieve a higher adherence to clinical practice guidelines and reduce variability, it will be necessary to understand the rationale utilized by those clinicians who choose not to adhere and develop additional processes to foster compliance.

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March 2017

Background: Despite tonsillectomy being the most common operative procedure performed in the United States, considerable variation exists in management and resource utilization. Clinical practice guidelines contain specific guidance, each emphasized at different levels. “Strong recommendations” are those that show clear benefits that exceed the risk for harm if the recommendation is followed.

Study design: Case series with chart review.

Setting: Multihospital network.

Synopsis: This study sought to identify the adherence rate by individual clinicians for two strong recommendations made in the 2011 AAO-HNS Guidelines for Tonsillectomy in Children and Adolescents: 1) intravenous intraoperative administration of a single dose of dexamethasone, and 2) avoidance of the routine use of perioperative antibiotics. The study was conducted within Intermountain Healthcare, a not-for-profit, vertically integrated multihospital health care system. A case series of 15,950 children aged one to 18 years undergoing same-day surgery adenotonsillectomy between 2008 and 2014 was reviewed to determine whether dexamethasone and/or antibiotics were given in the hospital. The frequency of administration of these two drugs was compared among surgeons and hospitals in the years before and after the guidelines were published.

Before guidelines were published, 98.4% received dexamethasone compared with 98.9% after guideline publication. Furthermore, 16.1% received antibiotics prior to the guidelines and 13.8% after. Prior to the guidelines, 36% of surgeons routinely gave antibiotics, and after the guidelines, 26% continued to give antibiotics at least 50% of the time.

Most clinicians appear to have administered dexamethasone routinely even prior to the guidelines; however a significant number of clinicians administered antibiotics prior to and after the guidelines.

Citation: Padia R, Olsen G, Henrichsen J, et al. Hospital and surgeon adherence to pediatric tonsillectomy guidelines regarding perioperative dexamethasone and antibiotic administration. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;153:275-280.

Filed Under: Literature Reviews, Pediatric Tagged With: clinical care, Clinical Guidelines, pediatric tonsillectomy, pediatricsIssue: March 2017

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