Patient safety and human factors in pediatric cardiac surgery.
The patient safety movement and human factors studies are becoming an increasingly important part of everyday clinical practice. Pediatric cardiac surgery is a high-risk field that is very much dependent on safe practices and continuous research into improvement of outcomes. This article reviews the main research frameworks, methods used, and current findings in the area of patient safety and human factors within pediatric cardiac surgery.
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Emile A
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Harvard Medical School and Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Bader 273, Boston, MA 02115, USA. emile.bacha@cardio.chboston.org
D035843:Biomedical Research; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety / Q000592:standards; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D009626:Terminology as Topic