Researchers from The Netherlands found that asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction was a significant predictor of 30-day cardiovascular events following surgery, indicating a need to diagnose the condition preoperatively and to better manage it around the time of surgery, according to…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Malignant hyperthermia crises come on suddenly, and healthcare providers have no real way to predict which patients may experience this reaction while under anesthesia unless they have found a positive patient or family history. However, with proper preparation and knowledge,…
A new clinical study published in the May issue of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, showed that Masimo pleth variability index can help clinicians assess a patient's risk for mean arterial pressure decreases that lead to hypotension during anesthesia, allowing them to…
Thanks to a Commonwealth Fund grant, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices will resurvey hospitals on their medication safety practices later this year, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Bar-code technology that includes an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) significantly reduces potential drug-related adverse events and transcription and medication administration errors, according to a study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality published in the New England Journal…
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Mortality rates decline after computerized physician order entry is implemented, a recent study by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital found, according to a report in the Stanford Daily.
Sutter Health, based in Sacramento, Calif., has received a $3.6 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to advance clinical quality and has committed to match this amount with an additional $7.2 million to further its patient safety…
Hospitals that follow up within a week of discharge with patients who were hospitalized for heart failure have a lower 30-day readmission rate, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
One of every 10 adult Medicaid patients hospitalized in 2007 for any condition other than childbirth had to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge, according to a release from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Physicians at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., have found for the first time that, under certain circumstances, infants and children may be exposed to carbon monoxide during routine anesthesia resulting in a rise in the carbon monoxide levels…