Tomás B Corcoran,Samuel Hillyard
Tomás B Corcoran
Normal ageing of the cardiopulmonary system overlaps with the development of cardiovascular disease. It is characterised by changes which decrease cardiovascular reserve through senescent changes in myocardial function and volumes. These ch...
David A Story
David A Story
Recent publications not only underline the risks of age and disease during surgery but also help us quantify the risks with greater precision. Importantly, patient factors often have a stronger association with postoperative mortality than ...
Stephanie Alison Ward,Seema Parikh,Barbara Workman
Stephanie Alison Ward
Populations globally are ageing, in part due to dramatic increases in life expectancies, forcing a reconsideration of what constitutes being "elderly" and "old." The proportion of older adults living with disability may be decreasing, yet o...
David A Story
David A Story
Helsinki Declaration on patient safety in anaesthesiology: putting words into practice - experience in Germany [0.03%]
麻醉学患者安全赫尔辛基宣言：德国的实践与经验
Alexander Schleppers,Thomas Prien,Hugo Van Aken
Alexander Schleppers
For years now, the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the Professional Association of German Anaesthesiologists have been actively involved in efforts to improve patient safety. To this end, a whole range of a...
The Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology: putting words into practice [0.03%]
麻醉学患者安全赫尔辛基宣言：重行动胜于言辞
David K Whitaker,Guttorm Brattebø,Andrew F Smith et al.
David K Whitaker et al.
In June 2010, the European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA) of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) signed the Helsinki Declaration for Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology at the Eur...
Closed claims' analysis [0.03%]
闭案件分析
Julia Metzner,Karen L Posner,Michelle S Lam et al.
Julia Metzner et al.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Closed Claims database was started in 1985 to study anaesthesia injuries to improve patient safety, now containing 8954 claims with 5230 claims since 1990. Over the decades, claims for surgica...
Marcus Rall,Elisabeth van Gessel,Sven Staender
Marcus Rall
Patient Safety is not a side-effect of good patient care by skilled clinicians. Patient safety is a subject on its own, which was traditionally not taught to medical personnel. This must and will dramatically change in the future. The 2010 ...
Simulation and CRM [0.03%]
模拟与客户关系管理(CRM)
Doris Ostergaard,Peter Dieckmann,Anne Lippert
Doris Ostergaard
Patients are harmed as a result of incidents. Both poor interdisciplinary communication and teamwork are contributing factors to such events. The principles of crisis resource management are meant to help prevent and manage difficulties and...
Safety culture in anaesthesiology: basic concepts and practical application [0.03%]
麻醉学的安全文化：基本概念和实际应用
Konstantinos Arfanis,Evridiki Fioratou,Andrew Smith
Konstantinos Arfanis
This article starts from a social science viewpoint and reviews the concepts and measurement of safety culture and climate in their original industrial settings and in health care. Typical items measured and generic characteristics of a pos...