Surgery Rotation

[DrTacoElf]

By convention is there a hospital day zero? Or is the patient hospital day 1 immediately upon admission?
For instance when you present you will say 36 y/o female POD #1
s/p lap chole if she had the procedure
Yesterday so this means that day of surgery is POD 0.

 

[Smurfette]

Hospital day count starts the day of admission. No HD#0

Post op day count starts the day after operation, as you noted.

 

[WhitJord85]

By convention is there a hospital day zero? Or is the patient hospital day 1 immediately upon admission?
For instance when you present you will say 36 y/o female POD #1
s/p lap chole if she had the procedure
Yesterday so this means that day of surgery is POD 0.

To clarify what the previous poster said:
No hospital day 0... Day of admission would be hospital day 1.
Post-op day 0 - would be same day as surgery... following day would be POD #1 and so on. Hope that helps

 

[evilbooyaa]

Post op note for surgery = POD#0

Person admitted overnight to your team = Hospital Day 1 generally, although sometimes I was told hospital day 2. Still not sure what the right answer is. I personally like hospital day 1.

 

[deuist]

Strange, I've been using hospital day 0 for the date of admission for years. As the patient is usually admitted in the evening. I then use hospital day 1 on rounds the next morning.