Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Vijai MN

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• Research Article
  Errors in ICU: How Safe is the Patient? A Prospective Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital
  Author(s): Parli Raghavan Ravi and Vijai MN Parli Raghavan Ravi and Vijai MN
  
  Objective: Critically ill patients require high-intensity care and may be at especially high risk of iatrogenic injury because they are severely ill. We sought to study the incidence and nature of adverse events and serious errors in the critical care setting. Design: We conducted a prospective 12 month observational study. Incidents were collected with use of a multifaceted approach including direct continuous observation. The physicians independently assessed incident type, severity, its preventability as well as systems-related failures. Measurements and main results: The primary outcomes of interest were the incidence and rates of adverse events and serious errors per 1000 patient-days. A total of 242 patients were studied during 1190 patient-days. We found 60 adverse, including 33 (55%) non preventable and 27 (45%) preventable adverse events as well as 114 serious errors. The rat.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000535

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