Focus on Prevention: Peripheral Arterial Disease and the Central Role of the Cardiologist

Fioretti, Vincenzo; Gerardi, Donato; Giugliano, Giuseppe; Fazio, Aldo Di; Stabile, Eugenio

doi:10.3390/jcm12134338

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“…A morbidity and mortality review, historically introduced in surgical settings [ 19 ], is a peer review of medical records of adverse events such as death or complications that happened to a patient during hospitalization. In detail, it consists in assessing the management and comparing it to best evidence or guidelines from the literature to evaluate its appropriateness or to identify potential failures that may have contributed to the development of the complication [ 20 , 21 , 22 ].…”

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Is It Still Time for Safety Walkaround? Pilot Project Proposing a New Model and a Review of the Methodology

Ferrara,

Pascale,

Ciavarella

et al. 2024

Medicina

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Background and Objectives: Healthcare facilities are complex systems due to the interaction between different factors (human, environmental, management, and technological). As complexity increases, it is known that the possibility of error increases; therefore, it becomes essential to be able to analyze the processes that occur within these contexts to prevent their occurrence, which is the task of risk management. For this purpose, in this feasibility study, we chose to evaluate the application of a new safety walkaround (SWA) model. Materials and Methods: A multidisciplinary working group made up of experts was established and then the subsequent phases of the activity were divided into three stages, namely the initial meeting, the operational phase, and the final meeting, to investigate knowledge regarding patient safety before and subsequently through visits to the department: the correct compilation of the medical record, adherence to evidence-based medicine (EBM) practices, the overall health and the degree of burnout of the various healthcare professionals, as well as the perception of empathy of staff by patients. Results: This working group chose to start this pilot project in the vascular surgery ward, demonstrating the ability of the tool used to capture the different aspects it set out to collect. In detail, the new version of SWA proposed in this work has made it possible to identify risk situations and system vulnerabilities that have allowed the introduction of corrective tools; detect adherence to existing company procedures, reschedule training on these specific topics after reviewing, and possibly update the same procedures; record the patient experience about the doctor–patient relationship and communication to hypothesize thematic courses on the subject; evaluate workers’ perception of their health conditions about work, and above all reassure operators that their well-being is in the interest of the management of the healthcare company, which is maintained. Conclusions: Therefore, the outcome of the present study demonstrates the versatility and ever-present usefulness of the SWA tool.

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Is It Still Time for Safety Walkaround? Pilot Project Proposing a New Model and a Review of the Methodology

Ferrara,

Pascale,

Ciavarella

et al. 2024

Medicina

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Peripheral arterial atherosclerosis and heart failure: state of the art review

Genkel,

Latysheva,

Ershov

et al. 2024

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Heart failure is considered as a terminal stage of the cardiovascular continuum, beginning with exposure to risk factors followed by the development of asymptomatic cardiovascular damage, progressing to clinically manifest disease. Conventional risk factors such as arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetes mellitus, on the one hand, directly cause structural and functional changes in the heart, and on the other hand, contribute to the development and progression of atherosclerosis. Despite the fact that the multifocal nature of atherosclerosis is well known, research data on the role of peripheral arterial atherosclerosis in the development of heart failure are extremely limited. The study of potential relationships between atherosclerosis of peripheral arteries and heart failure is relevant in all sex and age groups of patients.

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Focus on Prevention: Peripheral Arterial Disease and the Central Role of the Cardiologist

Cited by 2 publications

References 96 publications

Is It Still Time for Safety Walkaround? Pilot Project Proposing a New Model and a Review of the Methodology

Is It Still Time for Safety Walkaround? Pilot Project Proposing a New Model and a Review of the Methodology

Peripheral arterial atherosclerosis and heart failure: state of the art review

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