What is it about?

Use of a dashboard to understand the impact of anesthesia management changes on radiation therapy schedule.

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Why is it important?

General anesthesia is often required for pediatric radiation therapy. This article demonstrates the use of a visual analytic dashboard to explore the relationship between radiation therapy schedule and changes in anesthesia care.

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I am a pediatric anesthesiologist and work at a facility dedicated to delivering radiation therapy to children. I am passionate about this work, and about improving the quality of care delivered to our patients.

Dr Jorge A Galvez
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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This page is a summary of: Visual analytics dashboard to explore the relationship of unscheduled treatment interruptions and variations in airway management for children undergoing external beam radiation therapy, Practical Radiation Oncology, January 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2017.01.008.
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