Preventing Perioperative ‘Never Events’

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Fig. 26.1 Comprehensive Surgical Checklist. Reprinted with permission from AORN.org. Copyright © 2016, AORN, Inc.: Denver, CO. All rights reserved In particular, interventions to prevent or reduce never events include:…

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Surgical Quality and Patient Safety in Rural Settings

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Fig. 49.1 Location of Critical Access Hospitals. Permission to reprint confirmed from location of critical access hospitals. Flex Monitoring Team. http://​www.​flexmonitoring.​org/​wp-content/​uploads/​2013/​06/​CAH_​031816.​pdf. Updated 2016. Accessed 03/24, 2016 [9] The Rural Surgeon:…

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Managing the Complex High-Risk Surgical Patient

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Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) American society of anesthesia (ASA) Charlson co-morbidity index (CCI) EuroScore 1 and 2 Lee revised cardiac risk (RCRI) Mortality probability model (MPM) Multiple…

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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: ERAS

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Fig. 22.1 Interventions involved in multimodal ERAS protocol in open colorectal surgery. Adopted from Fearon et al. (2005) [5] The ERAS Protocol: Individual Items Items are summarized in Table 22.1….

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