Diagnostic Errors

Aug 19, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Diagnostic Errors

© Springer-Verlag London 2014Philip F. Stahel and Cyril Mauffrey (eds.)Patient Safety in Surgery10.1007/978-1-4471-4369-7_4 4. Diagnostic Errors E. Mark Hammerberg1   (1) Department of Orthopaedics, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA     E. Mark Hammerberg Email:…

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Non-technical Aspects of Safe Surgical Performance

Aug 19, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Non-technical Aspects of Safe Surgical Performance

Category Element Situation awareness Gathering information Understanding information Projecting and anticipating future state Decision making Considering options Selecting and communicating option Implementing and reviewing decisions Leadership Setting and maintaining standards…

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Quality Assessment in Surgery: Mission Impossible?

Aug 19, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Quality Assessment in Surgery: Mission Impossible?

Grades Definition I Any deviation from the normal postoperative course without the need for pharmacological treatment or surgical, endoscopic and radiological interventions Allowed therapeutic regimens are: drugs as antiemetics, antipyretics,…

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The Missed Injury: A ‘Preoperative Complication’

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Patient related factors  Presence of multiple injuries  Unconsciousness  Intubation  Intoxication/drugs  Language barrier Examiner related factors  Inexperience  Presence of life-threatening injuries  Time-pressure  Incomplete examination  Technical errors The introduction of Advanced Trauma…

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Gynecologic Cytology

Aug 10, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Gynecologic Cytology

, Christopher VandenBussche2 and Syed A. Hoda3 (1) CBL Path, Rye Brook, NY, USA (2) Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University Department of Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA (3) New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill…

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Urinary Tract Cytology

Aug 10, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Urinary Tract Cytology

, Christopher VandenBussche2 and Syed A. Hoda3 (1) CBL Path, Rye Brook, NY, USA (2) Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University Department of Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA (3) New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill…

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