Pathways of Care

These are available as templates for centres wishing to build and develop their own ICP documents, provided that original authorship and the JVRG are acknowledged.

Pathways of Care in the Vascular Surgery book:

Outpatients and Medical Management

- Claudication clinic and Exercise Programmes
- Risk Factor management
- Smoking cessation clinics
- Linked Diabetic Foot clinics


Vascular Imaging and Endovascular Intervention

- Investigation of suspected DVT
- TIA/Stroke investigation protocols
- False femoral aneurysm protocol
- Graft Surveillance programme
- AAA screening and surveillance clinics
- Endovascular AAA repair, selection, treatment and follow-up
- Thrombolysis for acute limb ischaemia

Vascular Surgery

- AAA repair
- Renal artery interventions
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Varicose Veins as day cases
- Sclerotherapy
- Infrainguinal bypass
- Lower limb amputation and rehabilitation
- Vascular Access
- Thoracoscopic sympathectomy

Anaesthesia and Theatres

- Acute pain team
- Chronic pain service
- Preassessment clinics
- Critical care referral and outreach practice/protocols
- Blood conservation
- Surgical site infections, MRSA/Infection control

Organisational Aspects of Care

- Medico-legal and risk management issues
- Data collection and Audit
- Clinical governance and risk managment
- Clinical Networks
- Transfer protocols for vascular emergencies
- Developing integrated care pathways
- A national framework for vascular disease

Website

- Patient information sheets
- Refferal, investigation and treatment protocols
- Integrated care pathways, various, complete and emerging