Sentences with phrase «cardiac surgery cases»

Using the ACS NSQIP data sampling of 12 to 16 cardiac surgery cases a month, which is 20 percent of the surgical volume, the number of SSIs was tracked.

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They found seven cases of urgent need for cardiac surgery following use of the device (2.3 percent of the 309 procedures reviewed) and one death (0.3 percent of the 309 procedures), with an overall procedural success rate of 90.3 percent.

The analytic review of the FDA MAUDE database identified five adverse event reports that noted death and another 23 reports of cases necessitating urgent cardiac surgery.

He said most cases of damage to the heart occur during the first 24 to 36 hours after surgery, when patients usually receive narcotic painkillers that can mask cardiac symptoms.

Cases I have represented the Defendant on include Verlade v Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust [2017] a high value brain injury claim relating to pediatric intensive care which was successfully defended and AS v Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust [2017] a significant Bolam judgement concerning pioneering techniques used in pediatric cardiac surgery in 1998 in which liability was repudiated on the grounds that there was no established body of opinion on brain cooling at the time.

Over this time, I have successfully defended numerous physicians and nurses in cases ranging from emergency room care to pediatric cardiac surgery.

Patients and family of loved ones of patients that underwent surgery in the summer of 2013 and suffered from cardiac trauma are encouraged to contact one of our trained Protamine Sulfate attorneys for a free case evaluation to discuss their rights.

Because she had cardiac surgery several years ago and continues to have heart / lung issues, I thought it best to buy travel insurance, just in case!