Complexity and Outcome of Reoperations After the Ross Procedure in the Current Era.

Background: The Ross procedure has several advantages, but the need for reintervention is inevitable. The aim of this study was to examine the complexity and outcomes of reoperation after the Ross procedure.

Methods: Retrospective chart review was performed of patients with a prior Ross procedure who underwent reoperation at our institution from September 1991 to January 2021.

Surgical repair of discontinuous right pulmonary artery utilising an autologous main pulmonary artery flap: a case report and literature review.

This is a case of an infant with unilateral discontinuous right pulmonary artery. Cardiac catheterisation with pulmonary wedge injection diagnosed the anomaly and aided in surgical planning. The patient underwent semi-autologous surgical repair utilising an autologous main pulmonary artery flap.

Sweating the Little Things: Tourniquet Application Efficacy in Two Models of Pediatric Limb Circumference.

Background: Current military recommendations include the use of tourniquets (TQ) in appropriate pediatric trauma patients. Although the utility of TQs has been well documented in adult patients, the efficacy of TQ application in pediatric patients is less clear. The current study attempted to identify physical constraints for TQ use in two simulated pediatric limb models.

Interruptions Experienced by Emergency Nurses: Implications for Subjective and Objective Measures of Workload.

Introduction: This study aimed to describe interruptions experienced by emergency nurses and establish convergence validity of 1 objective workload measure by linking interruption characteristics to objective and subjective measures of workload.

Methods: Interruptions were captured in real time across 8- or 12-hour shifts using a previously validated Workflow Interruptions Tool (WIT). Data collected on each interruption included type, priority, and location where the interruption occurred.

Physician, Interrupted: Workflow Interruptions and Patient Care in the Emergency Department.

Background: It is unclear how workflow interruptions impact emergency physicians at the point of care.

Objectives: Our study aimed to evaluate interruption characteristics experienced by academic emergency physicians.

Methods: This prospective, observational study collected interruptions during attending physician shifts.

Contact tracing with a real-time location system: A case study of increasing relative effectiveness in an emergency department.

Background: Contact tracing is the systematic method of identifying individuals potentially exposed to infectious diseases. Electronic medical record (EMR) use for contact tracing is time-consuming and may miss exposed individuals. Real-time location systems (RTLSs) may improve contact identification.