Articles: checklist.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · May 2020
ReviewCognitive Aids in Obstetric Units: Design, Implementation, and Use.
Obstetrics has unique considerations for high stakes and dynamic clinical care of ≥2 patients. Obstetric crisis situations require efficient and coordinated responses from the entire multidisciplinary team. Actions that teams perform, or omit, can strongly impact peripartum and perinatal outcomes. ⋯ However, they are intended to be combined with clinician judgment and training, not as absolute or exhaustive standards of care for patient management. There is simulation-based evidence showing efficacy of cognitive aids for enhancing appropriate team management during crises, especially with a reader role, with growing literature supporting use in obstetric and nonobstetric clinical settings when combined with local customization and implementation efforts. The purpose of this article is to summarize current understanding and available resources for cognitive aid design, implementation, and use in obstetrics and to highlight existing gaps that can stimulate further enhancement in this field.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · May 2020
Multicenter StudyImplementation of a specific safety check is associated with lower postoperative mortality in cardiac surgery.
In cardiac surgery, a preincision safety checklist may decrease complications and improve survival. Until now, it has not been demonstrated whether the implementation of such a checklist indeed reduces mortality. ⋯ Application of a short preincision safety checklist in a mixed population of adult cardiac surgery patients is associated with significantly reduced 120-day mortality.
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To investigate whether the World Health Organization Safety Surgical Checklist (SSC) is an effective tool to reduce complications in spinal surgery. ⋯ The SSC seems to be an effective tool to reduce complications in spinal surgery. We propose to extend the use of checklist system also to the preoperative and postoperative phases in order to further reduce the incidence of complications. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.