Systems, Safety, and Quality: Harm, Error, and Litigation

Apr 9, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Systems, Safety, and Quality: Harm, Error, and Litigation

and Brendon J. Coventry3   (1) Australian Patient Safety Foundation, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2) Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia (3) Discipline of Surgery, University of Adelaide,…

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Preoperative Risk Assessment and Intraoperative Monitoring

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, W. John Russell3 and Brendon J. Coventry4   (1) Department of Anaesthesia, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2) Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia (3) Royal Adelaide Hospital, University…

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Surgical Infection

Apr 9, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Surgical Infection

Fig. 3.1 Systemic bacterial sepsis with peripheral shut-down and digital ischaemia and necrosis Fig. 3.2 Systemic bacterial sepsis with more advanced peripheral shut-down with ischaemia and necrosis of the hand…

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Evaluation of Surgical Safety and Efficacy

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Study design Protocol Systematic review Systematic location, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence from scientific studies Experimental studies Randomized Subjects are randomly allocated to groups either for the intervention/treatment Controlled trial…

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General Perioperative Complications

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Environmental  Hospital system  Postoperative care  Home situation  City vs. remote residence Personal  Social  Smoking  Behavioral  Occupational  Socioeconomic  Cultural  Psychological state Genetic  Anomalies  Hyper-coagulation states  Anticoagulation states Trauma  Direct contusion/laceration  Joint…

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Medicolegal Risk Management in Surgery

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Hebert PC. Disclosure of adverse events and errors in healthcare: an ethical perspective. Drug Saf. 2001;24(15):1095–104.PubMedCrossRef Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Informed consent: it’s not just signing a form….

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Intensive Care Complications

Apr 9, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Intensive Care Complications

, Robert Young1 and Brendon J. Coventry3   (1) Intensive Care Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital & St Andrew’s Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2) Intensive Care Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (3) Royal…

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Introduction

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100 % Almost always >80 % Extremely frequent, virtually always occurs 50–80 % Very frequent, very commonly occurs 20–50 % Moderately frequent, commonly occurs 5–20 % Relatively frequent, usually doesn’t…

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Anesthesia Complications

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, Alan A. Aitkenhead2 and Brendon J. Coventry3   (1) Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia (2) Department of Anesthesia, Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK (3) Discipline of Surgery, Royal Adelaide…

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Liver and biliary tract disease

Apr 9, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Liver and biliary tract disease

23 Liver and biliary tract disease Q.M. Anstee D.E.J. Jones Clinical examination of the abdomen for liver and biliary disease Functional anatomy and physiology Applied anatomy Hepatic function Investigation of…

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