Patient safety checklists in heart and lung transplantation

Patient safety in interventional radiological procedures: safety checklists and protocols.

Effectiveness of Surgical Safety Checklists in Improving Patient Safety.

Wrong-site surgery is all too common. Despite more than a decade of campaigns by major organizations to prevent these events, there are still reports of such mistakes. This article reviews the recent literature on surgical safety checklists and other tools designed to prevent wrong-site surgery and improve patient safety in the operating room. Emphasis is placed on how well institutions comply ...

Heart, lung and heart-lung transplantation.

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Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation

Twenty-six and twenty-four years have passed since the first successful human heart-lung transplantation and the first successful human lung transplantation. Since then over 2,500 heart-lung transplant and 22,000 lung transplant procedures have been performed worldwide. Lung and heart-lung transplantation have become established therapies for patients with advanced lung disease. The annual volu...

Lung and heart-lung transplantation.

I NCREASED UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF congenital cardiac disease has allowed early identification of these children. Advances in surgical techniques, anesthesia, and medical treatment have rendered the majority of forms of congenital cardiac defects treatable. Therefore, the incidence of pulmonary hypertension related to the Eisenmenger syndrome should decrease. However, some patients need ...