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| Daniel Wren WheelerSummaryAffiliation: University of Cambridge Country: UK Publications
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Unsuspected Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome causing arrhythmias after cardiac surgeryDaniel W Wheeler
Departments of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 16:354-6. 2002- Peri-operative atrioventricular block as a result of chemotherapy with epirubicin and paclitaxelD W Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
Anaesthesia 62:186-9. 2007..We suggest that patients who have received chemotherapy at any time should have a pre-operative electrocardiogram even if they are asymptomatic... - Problems encountered with a pilot online attendance record and feedback scheme for medical studentsDaniel W Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Educ Health (Abingdon) 19:369-74. 2006 - The effect of drug concentration expression on epinephrine dosing errors: a randomized trialDaniel W Wheeler
Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ann Intern Med 148:11-4. 2008..The expression of drug concentration as a ratio may cause dosing errors... - Influence of improved teaching on medical students' acquisition and retention of drug administration skillsD W Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
Br J Anaesth 96:48-52. 2006..Lack of education about drug administration appears to be a causative factor. We devised an online teaching module for medical students and assessed its short- and long-term efficacy... - Retention of drug administration skills after intensive teachingD W Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Box 93, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
Anaesthesia 63:379-84. 2008..002). Intensive drug administration teaching using an online module and high fidelity simulation improves drug administration skills in the medium term. Students found simulation much more engaging than online teaching... - Calculation of doses of drugs in solution: are medical students confused by different means of expressing drug concentrations?Daniel W Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Drug Saf 27:729-34. 2004..Administering the wrong volume of a drug may have serious consequences for patient safety. STUDY DESIGN AND PARTICIPANT GROUP: Web-based electronic multiple-choice examination of clinical medical students... - Doctors' confusion over ratios and percentages in drug solutions: the case for standard labellingDaniel Wren Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, UK
J R Soc Med 97:380-3. 2004..4% and 81.0%, respectively) but only 65.5% identified the correct volume of atropine. The labelling of drug solutions as ratios or percentages is antiquated and confusing. Labelling should be standardized to mass per unit volume... - Variability in the concentrations of intravenous drug infusions prepared in a critical care unitDaniel Wren Wheeler
Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Intensive Care Med 34:1441-7. 2008..To quantify the variability in the concentration of drug infusions prepared on an intensive care unit and establish whether there was a relationship between the quality of syringe labeling and drug preparation... - A web-based system for teaching, assessment and examination of the undergraduate peri-operative medicine curriculumD W Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Box 93, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
Anaesthesia 58:1079-86. 2003..Students' and teachers' opinions of the new course structure have been overwhelmingly positive... - Factors influencing doctors' ability to calculate drug doses correctlyD W Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Int J Clin Pract 61:189-94. 2007.... - The effect of additional teaching on medical students' drug administration skills in a simulated emergency scenarioB A Degnan
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Anaesthesia 61:1155-60. 2006..0007). Drug administration error is a very major problem and few interventions are known to be effective. We show that focusing on better teaching at medical school may benefit patient safety... - Integrated approaches to academic anaesthesia - the Cambridge experienceD K Menon
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Box 93, Addenbrooke s Hospital, CB2 2QQ, UK
Anaesthesia 59:785-92. 2004..We believe that these are important steps in safeguarding research and teaching in anaesthesia, critical care and peri-operative medicine... - Medication errors in anaesthesia and critical careS J Wheeler
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Box 93, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK
Anaesthesia 60:257-73. 2005..New technology, theories of human error and lessons learnt from the nuclear, petrochemical and aviation industries are being used to tackle the problem... - Factors affecting the concentration of electrolyte infusions prepared from stock solutionsThomas M Donaldson
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Postgrad Med J 87:83-8. 2011..Layering of viscous stock electrolyte solutions in their diluent can lead to high concentrations being delivered during the infusion, resulting in potentially very serious medication errors which have caused deaths...