title: [Patient safety in anesthesiology : Multimodal strategies for perioperative care].
abstract: The concept of patient safety is more of a presence in modern day medicine than ever before. All measures and processes aiming at preempting and preventing critical incidents and accidents in patient care are collectively grouped under this concept. With the Declaration of Helsinki in 2010 modern anesthesiology has undertaken a fundamental role in the clinical implementation and perioperative clinicians are confronted with a multitude of theories, models, methods and tools targeted at improving or facilitating optimized patient safety. One of the biggest challenges lies in their synergistic combination to create a functioning concept for perioperative risk management while also incorporating individual strengths and weaknesses. The aim of the present paper is to provide a structured overview of the various components presently available for increasing perioperative patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland. christopher.neuhaus@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Medizinische Informatik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Röhrig
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klemm
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Qualitätsmanagement/Medizincontrolling, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thalheimer
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weigand
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lichtenstern
keywords: Crew Resource Management; Human factors; Medical errors; Perioperative care; Risk management