In general, surgeons strive to achieve excellent results and ideal patient outcomes, however, this noble task is frequently failed. For patients, surgical complications are analogous to "friendly fire" in wartime. Both scenarios imply that harm is unintentionally done by somebody whose aim was to help. Interestingly, adverse events resulting from surgical interventions are more frequently related to system errors and a communication breakdown among providers, rather than to the imminent threat of the surgical blade "gone wrong". Patient Safety in Surgery aims to increase the safety and quality of care for patients undergoing surgical procedures in all fields of surgery. Patient Safety in Surgery, covers all aspects related to patient safety in surgery, including pertinent issues of interest to surgeons, medical trainees (students, residents, and fellows), nurses, anaesthesiologists, patients, patient families, advocacy groups, and medicolegal experts.
Reviews / Votes
"This first edition of the textbook, which provides a complete view of all aspects related to safe surgical care . . This is very pleasant reading, bringing useful aspects in debate and we recommend this book to every surgeon interested in improving his vision about what happens outside the operating room." (Marius M. Scarlat, International Orthopaedics (SICOT), Vol. 39 (5), May, 2015)
"The 34 chapters, organized into four sections, and several appendixes present information in a concise but complete format. . This is a unique and much-needed book. It will serve as a resource for surgeons, anesthesiologists, operating room nurses, and others involved in perioperative care. It deserves to become a classic in this developing field." (Carol Scott-Conner, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2014)
"This work is actually to regard as a worldwide reference in this field. It will have to appear in good place in the libraries of all the centers of traumatology, but to also be on the desk of all the trainees surgeons, but also seniors, who want to practice a rigorous surgery and with competence near the patients that misfortunes of the life directed towards them." (Pierre Kehr, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 24, 2014)
Language
Place of publication
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
17 s/w Abbildungen, 37 farbige Abbildungen
XV, 513 p. 54 illus., 37 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-1-4471-4368-0 (9781447143680)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-4369-7
Schweitzer Classification
Philip F. Stahel, MD, FACS Department of Orthopaedics, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
Cyril Mauffrey MD, MRCS (UK), FRCS (UK) Department of Orthopedics, Denver Health medical Centre, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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.
