Chest Wall Deformities Toolkit

In brief

Quality improvement toolkit from APSA's Quality and Safety Committee focused on management of pectus and other chest wall deformities in pediatric patients. Provides evidence-based and experiential approaches to optimize clinical care pathways, offered as educational resource without formal APSA endorsement.

• APSA Quality and Safety Committee provides a dedicated toolkit for standardizing pectus and chest wall deformity management.
• Toolkit combines evidence-based and experiential approaches—users should critically evaluate recommendations for their practice setting.
• Resource designed for quality improvement initiatives, not as official APSA clinical guidelines or endorsed protocols.

Written by the GCMD Library team from the guideline.