Patient Safety in Surgery

This book covers all aspects of patient safety, in and following surgery, showing that adverse results often result from system errors and communication failure. Benefits surgeons, medical students, residents and fellows, nurses, anaesthesiologists and others.

In general, surgeons strive to achieve excellent results and ideal patient outcomes, however, this noble task is frequently failed. For patients, surgical complications are analogous to friendly fire in wartime. Both scenarios imply that harm is unintentionally done by somebody whose aim was to help. Interestingly, adverse events resulting from surgical interventions are more frequently related to system errors and a communication breakdown among providers, rather than to the imminent threat of the surgical blade gone wrong. Patient Safety in Surgery aims to increase the safety and quality of care for patients undergoing surgical procedures in all fields of surgery. Patient Safety in Surgery, covers all aspects related to patient safety in surgery, including pertinent issues of interest to surgeons, medical trainees (students, residents, and fellows), nurses, anaesthesiologists, patients, patient families, advocacy groups, and medicolegal experts.

Contains bullet-point lists of specific definitions related to complications and adverse events Contains tables and algorithms which outline risk stratification protocols before surgery, and surgical salvage options for specific surgical complications Contains an appendix with links for patient advocacy groups and other specialist contacts

Autorentext

Philip F. Stahel, MD, FACS Department of Orthopaedics, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

Cyril Mauffrey MD, MRCS (UK), FRCS (UK) Department of Orthopedics, Denver Health medical Centre, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

Klappentext

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 ideal patient outcomes. Adverse events resulting from surgical interventions frequently related to system errors and a communication breakdown among providers are looked at, in order to help the reader in dealing and avoiding these risky situations.

Presenting pertinent issues of interest in complications and patient outcomes, Patient Safety in Surgery is aimed at surgeons, anesthesiologists and medico-legal experts. It will also be of interest to medical trainees (students, residents, and fellows), nurses, patients, patient's families, and advocacy groups.

Zusammenfassung
Patient Safety in Surgery, covers all aspects related to patient safety in surgery, including pertinent issues of interest to surgeons, medical trainees (students, residents, and fellows), nurses, anaesthesiologists, patients, patient families, advocacy groups, and medicolegal experts.? ??

Inhalt
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.