Patient Safety in Surgery / / edited by Philip F. Stahel, Cyril Mauffrey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910300348503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Springer London : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-4471-4369-8
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (503 p.)
• Disciplina: 617; 617.00289
• Soggetti: Medicine; Surgery; Medicine/Public Health, general; General Surgery
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.