The significance of theme expertise of the quality of medical care in achieving successful results in treating patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding

Abstract. This piece of work has evaluated the quality of medical care provided in 2015 to 1,158 patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding in 11 medical institutions of Saint Petersburg that are licensed to provide in-patient examination and treatment for people with acute surgical diseases abdominal organs. The data on the possible correlative relationship of negative consequences for the implementation of the medical treatment and diagnostic process in cases of insufficient activity in terms of conducting clinical expert work on the profile of emergency abdominal surgery have been analysed in particular. It has been shown that providing medical care to patients with gastrointestinal bleeding is associated with defects in the medical diagnostic process in almost every second case. In the structure of inaccuracies, there prevailed cases of improper examination and treatment of patients (48 and 36%, respectively). Defects in making diagnosis and providing continuity comprise 13 and 3% respectively. The most significant drawback in providing medical care to patients with gastrointestinal bleeding was the use of low-effective anti-ulcer drug therapy schemes (16% of observation cases) and attempts to perform hemostasis by using outdated technologies of intraluminal endoscopy (16% of cases). It is noted that in cases of providing medical care to patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding, a differentiated principle should be observed. It is proved that the proper quality of medical care for patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding can be achieved by consistent, programmed provision of it with coordinated activities not only of surgeons directly involved in the treatment and diagnostic process, but also with their purposeful interaction with specialists of other medical fields.