Patient Safety in Surgery

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Stahel, Philip F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mauffrey, Cyril (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; General Surgery.

Covering all aspects related to patient safety in surgery, and aiming to increase the safety and quality of care for patients undergoing surgical procedures in all fields of surgery, Patient Safety in Surgery is the perfect book for medical professionals striving to achieve excellent results and ide...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1. General Aspects
• 1: Quality Assessment in Surgery: Mission Impossible?
• 2. Incidence of 'Never Events' and Common Complications
• 3. Cognitive Errors
• 4. Diagnostic Errors
• 5. Technical Errors
• 6. The Missed Injury: A 'Preoperative Complication'
• 7. Non-Technical Aspects of Safe Surgical Performance
• 8. Postoperative Monitoring for Clinical Deterioration
• 9. Effective Communication- Tips and Tricks
• 10. Professionalism in Health Care
• 11. Accountability in the Medical Profession
• 12. The Role of the Surgical Second Opinion
• 13. Compliance to Patient Safety Culture
• 14. The Universal Protocol: Pitfalls and Pearls
• 15. Patient Safety in Graduate and Continuing Medical Education
• 16. Translation of Aviation Safety Principals to Patient Safety in Surgery
• 17. Handovers: The 'Hidden Threat' to Patient Safety
• 18. Public Safety-Net Hospitals- The Denver Health Model
• 19. Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety
• 20. Research and Patient Safety
• Part 2. The Surgeon's Perspective
• 21. The Surgery Morbidity and Mortality Conference
• 22. Reporting of Complications
• 23. Disclosure of Complications
• 24. Surgical Quality Improvement
• 25. Surgical Safety Checklists
• Part 3. Other Perspectives
• 26. The Anesthesia Perspective
• 27. The Nursing Perspective
• 28. The Patient's and Patient Family's Perspective
• 29. The Ethical Perspective
• 30. Patient Safety- A Perspective from the Developing World
• Part 4. Case Scenarios
• 31. Improving Operating Room Safety: A Success Story
• 32. Management of Unanticipated Outcomes: A Case Scenario
• 33. The Preventable Death of Michael Skolnik: An Imperative for Shared Decision-Making
• Epilogue
• Appendices.