All anesthesiologists eventually face the fear of a "near miss," when a patient's life has been put at risk. Learning from the experience is crucial to professionalism and the ongoing development of expertise. Drawing on forty-plus years of practice in major metropolitan hospitals in the United States, Norway, and South Africa, John Brock-Utne, MD presents 80 carefully selected cases that provide the basis for lessons and tips to prevent potential disaster. The cases emphasize problem-centered learning and span a broad range of topics--from an outbreak of operating room infection (could it...
All anesthesiologists eventually face the fear of a "near miss," when a patient's life has been put at risk. Learning from the experience is crucia...
Authored by "a superb clinician and award-winning teacher,"* Near Misses in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Second Edition is a thorough updating and significant expansion of this popular case book in the newest anesthesiology subspecialty to be approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
The book comprises 87true-story clinical "near misses,"including 40 cases that are brand new. Recommendations, references, and discussion accompany each case. The cases provide an ideal basis for problem-centered learning and also model how to learn from experience and to maintain...
Authored by "a superb clinician and award-winning teacher,"* Near Misses in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Second Edition is a thorough updating ...
This book provides insight and advice on how to be a productive clinical researcher. Case studies of successful clinical research and also clinical research projects gone awry will be given. Through these examples of success and failure, the book provides a blueprint for building a career in clinical research. The future of medical practice depends on quality of the clinical trials that we subject our drugs, devices and treatment procedures to. Poorly done trials will have a disastrous effect on our medical care. Clinical trials, however, are not easy to do. There are many pitfalls that one...
This book provides insight and advice on how to be a productive clinical researcher. Case studies of successful clinical research and also clinical re...
Compiled from the author's decades of practice in major metropolitan hospitals, this collection of cases offers an excellent review of problems - and the solutions all anesthesiologists should know. The cases are wonderfully succinct, with the problem described on one page and the solution on the next.
Compiled from the author's decades of practice in major metropolitan hospitals, this collection of cases offers an excellent review of problems - and ...
