GENERAL SURGERY

Cognitive Errors

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

Confirmation bias Tendency to seek confirmatory evidence Availability bias The diagnosing of a disease that easily comes to mind Framing bias Occurs when a diagnostician is misled or influenced by…

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Non-technical Aspects of Safe Surgical Performance

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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?

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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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TOXICOKINETICS

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3TOXICOKINETICS Rebecca A. Clewell and Harvey J. Clewell III The intent of this chapter is to provide a general overview of the concepts and methods associated with characterizing the absorption,…

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HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT

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23HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT Leah D. Stuchal, Robert C. James, and Stephen M. Roberts Risk assessment is an ever-evolving process whereby scientific information on the hazardous properties of chemicals and…

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