Tag Archives: District General Hospital
September 2014 Br J Cardiol 2014;21:118–19 doi:10.5837/bjc.2014.029
Audit of cardiac catheterisation in a DGH: implications for training and patient safety
Yasir Parviz, Alex Rothman, C Justin Cooke
Introduction In the modern era, patient safety has become one of the most important issues facing doctors and institutions. Cardiology is a craft speciality. Procedures must be learnt by trainees, but there is a risk, in so doing, of harming patients. The purpose of this study was to ask whether it is possible, albeit within a single institution, to provide training in coronary angiography at a district general hospital (DGH) without causing harm, by comparing the complication rate of trainees with consultants in a large case series. Methods Between August 2010 and December 2013, procedural complications resulting from cardiac catheterisation
March 2009 Br J Cardiol 2009;16:98–101
Cardiac disease in pregnancy: a District General Hospital perspective
Edward J Langford, Manoj K Makharia, Kate S Langford
Background Heart disease is the leading cause of death in pregnant women and, despite advances in cardiology, maternal deaths from cardiac disease have increased over the past 20 years.1 Cardiac conditions such as pulmonary hypertension, severe valve disease, cyanotic and complex congenital heart disease carry a high mortality2 and need specialist care.3 It has been recommended that pregnant women with cardiac disease should be managed in tertiary centres,4 and many cardiologists caring for pregnant women have a background in congenital heart disease, necessary for the management of complex congenital heart disease. Previously reported series
January 2007 Br J Cardiol 2007;14:19-22
Outcome of atrial repair procedures in patients with transposition of the great arteries followed up in a district general hospital
Sushma Rekhraj, Leisa J Freeman
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July 2005 Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2005;12:AIC 56–AIC 59
Introduction of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST elevation myocardial infarction in a district general hospital
Sohail Qaisar, Melanie Fellows, Hannah Whitlam, Rumi Jaumdally, James M Beattie, Patricia J Lowry, Nadia El-Gaylani, Robert G Murray, Jerome Ment, Michael Pitt
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March 2005 Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2006;13:AIC 14–AIC 18
Risk of death, MI and patterns of care delivered in non-ST elevation ACS patients with intermediate elevations in cardiac troponin T: a UK DGH experience
Kausik Ray, James Bolton, Alice Veitch, Paul Sheridan, Michael Gillett, Ahmed Al Rifai, Ramasamy ManivArmane, Alan Brennan, Gillian Payne, Wazir Baig
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