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Krishna Moorthy
Researcher at Imperial College London
Publications - 126
Citations - 14489
Krishna Moorthy is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Patient safety & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 114 publications receiving 13301 citations. Previous affiliations of Krishna Moorthy include St Mary's Hospital & Imperial College Healthcare.
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A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population
Alex B. Haynes,Thomas G. Weiser,Thomas G. Weiser,William R. Berry,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Abdel-Hadi S. Breizat,E. Patchen Dellinger,Teodoro Herbosa,Sudhir Joseph,Pascience L. Kibatala,Marie Carmela,Mc Lapitan,Alan Merry,Krishna Moorthy,R. Reznick,Bryce R. Taylor,Atul A. Gawande +16 more
TL;DR: Implementation of the checklist was associated with concomitant reductions in the rates of death and complications among patients at least 16 years of age who were undergoing noncardiac surgery in a diverse group of hospitals.
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Objective assessment of technical skills in surgery
TL;DR: The research in this field in the past decade is reviewed to explore all the available methods, establish their validity and reliability, and examine the possibility of using these methods on the basis of the available evidence.
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Laparoscopic skills training and assessment.
TL;DR: The tools currently available for training and assessment in laparoscopic surgery are reviewed to assess the need for further development in skills laboratories.
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Systems Approaches to Surgical Quality and Safety: From Concept to Measurement
TL;DR: The development of an “operation profile” is suggested to capture all the salient features of a surgical operation, including such factors as equipment design and use, communication, team coordination, factors affecting individual performance, and the working environment.
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The effects of stress on surgical performance
Cordula M. Wetzel,Roger Kneebone,Maria Woloshynowych,Debra Nestel,Krishna Moorthy,Jane Kidd,Ara Darzi +6 more
TL;DR: A framework for categorizing surgical stress is presented and suggests key elements for effective coping strategies and a framework for identifying senior surgeons with sophisticated strategies for controlling each situation is presented.