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Uncertain progress in Swiss perioperative mortality 1998-2014 for 22 operation groups by Wacker, Johannes, Zwahlen, Marcel

“…The perioperative mortality rate (POMR) is used as a quality indicator to monitor health care system performance at regional and national levels. The Swiss…”
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Quality indicators for anesthesia and perioperative medicine by Wacker, Johannes

“…Routine monitoring of care quality is fundamental considering the high reported rates of preventable perioperative morbidity and mortality. However, no set of…”
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Quality indicators for anesthesia and perioperative medicine by Wacker, Johannes

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Measuring and monitoring perioperative patient safety: a basic approach for clinicians by Wacker, Johannes

“…Recent research points to considerable rates of preventable perioperative patient harm and anaesthesiologists' concerns about eroding patient safety…”
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Stem Cell-Like Human Endothelial Progenitors Show Enhanced Colony-Forming Capacity After Brief Sevoflurane Exposure: Preconditioning of Angiogenic Cells by Volatile Anesthetics by Lucchinetti, Eliana, Zeisberger, Steffen M., Baruscotti, Isabella, Wacker, Johannes, Feng, Jianhua, Zaugg, Kathrin, Dubey, Raghvendra, Zisch, Andreas H., Zaugg, Michael

“…Endothelial progenitor cells play a pivotal role in tissue repair, and thus are used for cell replacement therapies in "regenerative medicine." We tested…”
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The role of the anesthesiologist in perioperative patient safety by Wacker, Johannes, Staender, Sven

“…Despite the benefits of rapidly advancing therapeutic and diagnostic possibilities, the perioperative setting still exposes patients to significant risks of…”
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Leadership and teamwork in anesthesia – Making use of human factors to improve clinical performance by Wacker, Johannes, Kolbe, Michaela

“…Summary Intuitively and empirically, leadership and teamwork are essential for team performance, patient safety, and patient outcomes in anesthesia and…”
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A survey and analysis of peri-operative quality indicators promoted by National Societies of Anaesthesiologists in Europe: The EQUIP project by Wacker, Johannes, Haller, Guy, Hendrickx, Jan F A, Ponschab, Martin

“…To capture preventable peri-operative patient harm and guide improvement initiatives, many quality indicators (QIs) have been developed. Several National…”
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The challenge of learning from perioperative patient harm by Wacker, Johannes, Kolbe, Michaela

“…Summary Perioperative patient harm is frequent: Adverse events, more than half of them preventable, occur in about 30% of hospital admissions. Surgical…”
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Patient safety practices in European anaesthesiology: Expert evaluation and ranking by McCreedy, Aimee, Wacker, Johannes, Ffrench-O’Carroll, Robert, Berthelsen, Kasper Gymoese, Kremeňova Tatičová, Zuzana, Smith, Andrew F.

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Monitoring and Talking to the Room: Autochthonous Coordination Patterns in Team Interaction and Performance by Kolbe, Michaela, Grote, Gudela, Waller, Mary J., Wacker, Johannes, Grande, Bastian, Burtscher, Michael J., Spahn, Donat R.

“…This paper builds on and extends theory on team functioning in high-risk environments. We examined 2 implicit coordination behaviors that tend to emerge…”
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Speaking Up Is Related to Better Team Performance in Simulated Anesthesia Inductions: An Observational Study by Kolbe, Michaela, Burtscher, Michael J., Wacker, Johannes, Grande, Bastian, Nohynkova, Renata, Manser, Tanja, Spahn, Donat R., Grote, Gudela

“…Our goal in this study was to test the relationship between speaking up--i.e., questioning, correcting, or clarifying a current procedure--and technical team…”
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Interactions of Team Mental Models and Monitoring Behaviors Predict Team Performance in Simulated Anesthesia Inductions by Burtscher, Michael J, Kolbe, Michaela, Wacker, Johannes, Manser, Tanja

“…In the present study, we investigated how two team mental model properties (similarity vs. accuracy) and two forms of monitoring behavior (team vs. systems)…”
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Patient safety practices in European anaesthesiology: Expert evaluation and ranking by McCreedy, Aimee, Wacker, Johannes, Ffrench-O’Carroll, Robert, Berthelsen, Kasper Gymoese, Kremeňova Tatičová, Zuzana, Smith, Andrew F.

“…Patient safety is a key concern of anaesthesiology practice. However, good practices are often not widely shared between departments and hospitals, whether…”
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Managing Nonroutine Events in Anesthesia: The Role of Adaptive Coordination by Burtscher, Michael J., Wacker, Johannes, Grote, Gudela, Manser, Tanja

“…Objective: This field study aimed at examining the role of anesthesia teams’ adaptive coordination in managing changing situational demands, such as in…”
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Ten years of the Helsinki Declaration on patient safety in anaesthesiology: An expert opinion on peri-operative safety aspects by Preckel, Benedikt, Staender, Sven, Arnal, Daniel, Brattebø, Guttorm, Feldman, Jeffrey M., Ffrench-O’Carroll, Robert, Fuchs-Buder, Thomas, Goldhaber-Fiebert, Sara N., Haller, Guy, Haugen, Arvid S., Hendrickx, Jan F.A., Kalkman, Cor J., Meybohm, Patrick, Neuhaus, Christopher, Østergaard, Doris, Plunkett, Adrian, Schüler, Hans U., Smith, Andrew F., Struys, Michel M.R.F., Subbe, Christian P., Wacker, Johannes, Welch, John, Whitaker, David K., Zacharowski, Kai, Mellin-Olsen, Jannicke

“…Patient safety is an activity to mitigate preventable patient harm that may occur during the delivery of medical care. The European Board of Anaesthesiology…”
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Patient safety and the role of the Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology: A European survey by Wu, Henry H.L, Lewis, Sharon R, Čikkelová, Mirka, Wacker, Johannes, Smith, Andrew F

“…BACKGROUNDThe Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety was launched in 2010 by the European Society of Anaesthesiology and the European Board of Anaesthesiology…”
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Adrenergic receptor genotype but not perioperative bisoprolol therapy may determine cardiovascular outcome in at-risk patients undergoing surgery with spinal block : The swiss beta blocker in spinal anesthesia (BBSA) study: A double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial with 1-year follow-up by ZAUGG, Michael, BESTMANN, Lukas, BLUMENTHAL, Stephan, MÜLLER, Annabelle, ZOLLINGER, Andreas, SPAHN, Donat R, BORGEAT, Alain, WACKER, Johannes, LUCCHINETTI, Eliana, BOLTRES, Anita, SCHULZ, Christian, HERSBERGER, Martin, KÄLIN, Gabriela, FURRER, Lukas, HOFER, Christoph

“…Neuraxial blockade is used as primary anesthetic technique in one third of surgical procedures. The authors tested whether bisoprolol would protect patients at…”
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Leadership in anaesthesia teams: the most effective leadership is shared by Künzle, Barbara, Zala-Mezö, Enikö, Wacker, Johannes, Kolbe, Michaela, Spahn, Donat R, Grote, Gudela

“…Leadership plays a crucial role in teams working in complex environments, and research has shown that shared leadership where all team members perform…”
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Helium Breathing Provides Modest Antiinflammatory, but No Endothelial Protection Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Humans In Vivo by Lucchinetti, Eliana, Wacker, Johannes, Maurer, Christian, Keel, Marius, Härter, Luc, Zaugg, Kathrin, Zaugg, Michael

“…The noble gas helium is devoid of anesthetic effects, and it elicits cardiac preconditioning. We hypothesized that inhalation of helium provides protection…”
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