Cost savings associated with a nurse driven mobilization protocol for recovery after cranial tumor resection
Our data demonstrates that nurse-driven mobilization in lieu of indiscriminate PT/OT evaluation after cranial tumor resection is associated with reduced hospitalization lengths-of-stay and total hospital charges among propensity-matched individuals, without an increase surgical readmission rate. Future mechanistic studies are necessary to determine if neurosurgical patients requiring less intensive post-operative rehabilitation assessment causally benefit from accelerated nurse-driven mobilization protocol.
Authors
- Jin S. Im (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5249-1177)
- Shivani Baisiwala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5252-9940)
- Humza N. Zubair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9197-3665)
- Won Ho Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-9972)
- Myungjun Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4330-1324)
- Keshav Goël (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8084-9298)
- David Zarrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8666-4972)
- Shin-E WANG
- Dupre Orr
- T.B. Bennett
- A. Valenzuela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-8087)
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- UCLA Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-025-06641-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01